January 15, 2015 | Politico
Did Obama’s Inaction in Yemen Lead to Paris?
While the Obama administration was fighting ISIL, Al Qaeda was regrouping in Yemen
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Much as ISIL has rallied Sunnis to a sectarian fight against Shiites, AQAP has used the rise of the Houthis — who observe an offshoot of Shiism — to appeal to their Sunni brethren in the country. That could produce a sectarian war, creating the sort of chaos on which terrorists feed.
“The Houthi rebel crisis in Yemen has breathed new life into Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch, providing AQAP with a wide power vacuum in which to operate,” the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies’ Oren Adaki wrote for The Long War Journal blog.
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