Yemen Launches Search For Al Qaeda Bomb Maker -- L.A. Times

Yemen Launches Search For Al Qaeda Bomb Maker -- L.A. Timeshttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-yemen-offensive-20101103,0,983175.story

Ibrahim Asiri is believed to have devised the explosives intercepted in packages last week in an alleged plot to blow up airliners over the U.S. He is also a suspect in previous attempted bombings.

Reporting from Sana, Yemen — Yemeni special forces launched an offensive Tuesday across two rugged provinces searching for an Al Qaeda bomb maker believed to have devised the concealed explosives that were intercepted in two packages last week before reaching the U.S.

The hunt for Ibrahim Asiri, a Saudi-born munitions expert, intensified in militant strongholds in Shabwa and Marib provinces. It is the third major operation against Al Qaeda in recent months but one that has taken on new urgency since a plot was uncovered to blow up airliners over the U.S.

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More News On The Cargo Parcel Bomb Plot

Yemen begins hunt for plot suspect -- Al Jazeera
Report: Yemen Hunts Down Mail Bomb Suspect -- CBS News
U.S. joins Yemeni anti-terrorism units to hunt Saudi bomb maker -- Xinhuanet
Yemen hunts bomb suspect, oil pipeline attacked -- Reuters
Cargo bomb plot: SAS hunting al-Qaeda in Yemen -- The Telegraph
Profile: Al-Qaeda 'bomb maker' Ibrahim al-Asiri -- BBC

Earlier Flight May Have Been Dry Run for Plotters -- New York Times
Sept. Episode Believed A Dry Run For Attack -- FOX News
Officials suspect Sept. dry run for bomb plot -- AP
Parcel bomb plotters 'used dry run', say US officials -- BBC

Air freight from Yemen and Somalia banned -- BBC
Air-cargo screening back on Hill's radar after Yemeni plot -- Washington Times
Pentagon Denies Report of Plan for US Military Teams in Yemen -- Voice of America
Former al-Qaida Followers Foiled Mail Bomb Plot -- Voice of America
Bombs tip-off 'came from former al-Qaeda member' -- BBC
Who saved the day in Yemen bomb plot? Once again, a Muslim. -- Christian Science Monitor
U.S. concerned about former Guantanamo prisoners in Yemen -- L.A. Times
A fractured Yemen frustrates U.S. efforts to weaken Al Qaeda there -- L.A. Times
PETN: How serious a threat is Yemen explosive to air travel? -- Christian Science Monitor
Saudis breaking into al-Qaida ranks -- UPI
Tribal Ties Impede Yemen's War on al Qaeda -- Wall Street Journal
Five reasons it will be hard for Yemen to 'destroy' Al Qaeda franchise -- Christian Science Monitor
Analysis: Parcel bomb plot shows Saudi al Qaeda challenge -- Reuters
Saudi friends and foes -- Frank Gaffney, Washington Times
Analysis: Military reflex alone can't quell Yemen militants -- Reuters
Stopping al-Qaeda in Yemen -- Washington Post editorial
Staying nimble to fight al-Qaeda's shifting threat -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Terror Plot Foiled: But is the Threat in Yemen Growing? -- Oliver Holmes and Angela Shah, Time Magazine

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