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Parent topics
- U.S. foreign policy [r]: The foreign relations and diplomacy of the United States since 1775. [e]
- Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs [r]: In the United States Department of State, the organization that deals with the countries of the Middle East, North African Maghreb, and Iran [e]
- Terrorism [r]: An act, with targets including civilians or civilian infrastructure, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. [e]
Subtopics
- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula [r]: "Affiliate" al-Qaeda group principally in Yemen and also Saudi Arabia [e]
- Rudy Atallah [r]: East Africa Policy Director and Africa Counter-Terrorism Director in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; U.S. Army Foreign Area officer for Africa, the Middle East and Europe; advisor, U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon [e]
- Anwar al-Aulaqi [r]: American-born radical Islamic cleric, later resident in Yemen, who was associated with al-Qaeda and Hamas, Nidal Hasan and possibly Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (1971-2011). [e]
- Barbara Bodine [r]: Lecturer and diplomat-in-residence at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; former Wilhelm Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for International Studies (CIS); Executive Director of the Belfer Center's new Governance Initiative in the Middle East; retired Foreign Service Officer; U.S. Ambassador to Yemen from 1997-2001, during the USS Cole bombing; coordinator for Iraq War post-conflict reconstruction for Baghdad and the central provinces of Iraq [e]
- USS Cole (DDG-67) [r]: A U.S. Navy destroyer of the Burke-class, which survived an al-Qaeda suicide attack in 2000, by an explosive-filled boat in Aden, Yemen; she is back on duty after losing 17 sailors and undergoing lengthy repairs [e]
- Al-Shabaab (insurgency) [r]: An Islamist group in Somalia, accused of having generic terrorism and specific al-Qaeda affiliations [e]
- Hamas [r]: The most powerful political and military organization in the Occupied Territories, especially the Gaza Strip; offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood but not Salafism [e]
- Palestinian Islamic Jihad [r]: A Sunni organization dedicated to the destruction of the State of Israel, not part of the Palestinian Authority or offering services in the Occupied Territories, with offices in Syria and Yemen [e]
- Stephen Seche [r]: U.S. Ambassador to Yemen as of 2007; Foreign Service Officer; Arabic linguist; specialist in public diplomacy [e]
- Gulf War [r]: The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. [e]
- United States Central Command [r]: Unified Combatant Command responsible for U.S. operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, now under the command of General James Mattis [e]