Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, traveled today to one of the most dangerous countries for the United States: Yemen, where Al Qaeda has been organizing the recent attempts of attacks that kept in suspense to the international community. This is the first visit of a senior U.S. diplomat to the Arab country in two decades.But today is of vital importance to the U.S. Government make it clear to the authorities in Sanaa that the fight against al Qaeda at its roots is an important issue of great urgency. "We face a common threat from terrorists and Al Qaeda and our partnership goes beyond counterterrorism," said Clinton in a statement after holding a two-hour conversation with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Secretary of State transmitted the message that the U.S. administration is not focused only on threats but on closer long-term challenges. Washington has not hidden his anxiety to Yemen, a neighbor of the largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, increase their activities against the wing of Al Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula country where insurgents have tried to carry out attacks against Western targets ambitious , especially the U.S..
It's not just the guerrilla-style attacks in Yemen in recent months. Concern has surpassed the borders after the attacks failed to blow up planes in cargo last year, and the attempted attack on a passenger plane that went from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009. The aim of the visit by Clinton has been to convince the Yemeni government of the urgency to defeat the ideology of Al Qaeda promoting the long-postponed economic and political reforms.
Washington has been gradually increasing its influence in Yemen to halt the collapse of a government already weakened by separatist rebellions in the north and south, in addition to the attacks by Al Qaeda to the security forces. However, it is a tricky task, since a very open interference could exacerbate a strong anti-American sentiment.
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