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Will Yemen's Disorder Stop Obama's War on Terror

ISIS may be a looming danger in the Middle East, but US intelligence officials say the greater threat to US security is al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula — located in Yemen.  Now that the government there has collapsed, are the President's drone strikes keeping American safer or increasing the risk?

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By Warren Olney • Jan 27, 2015 • 51m Listen

ISIS may be a looming danger in the Middle East, but US intelligence officials say the greater threat to US security is al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula — located in Yemen. Now that the government there has collapsed, are the President's drone strikes keeping American safer or increasing the risk?

Also, President Obama's delegation pays homage to Saudi Arabia's kings, old and new, and a conversation with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.

Photo: A man walks past a graffiti, denouncing strikes by US drones in Yemen, painted on a wall in Sanaa. (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    KCRW

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