Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways Securing US Control over Socotra Island and the Gulf of Aden by Michel Chossudovsky

Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways
Securing US Control over Socotra Island and the Gulf of Aden
by Michel Chossudovsky
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"Whoever attains maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean would be a prominent player on the international scene." (US Navy Geostrategist Rear Admiral Alfred Thayus Mahan (1840-1914))

The Yemeni archipelago of Socotra in the Indian Ocean is located some 80 kilometres off the Horn of Africa and 380 kilometres South of the Yemeni coastline. The islands of Socotra are a wildlife reserve recognized by (UNESCO), as a World Natural Heritage Site.

Socotra is at the crossroads of the strategic naval waterways of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (See map below). It is of crucial importance to the US military.