Yemen: Behind the al-Qaeda ‘Jailbreak’
In Yemen, every government institution – the military, enforcement agencies, courts, detention centers, etc. – is under the strict control of the dictatorship. The prison from which the 23 al-Qaeda members escaped is known as the detention center for military intelligence, directly answerable to President Ali Abdullah Saleh. This is no Mickey Mouse jail. It … Continue reading “Yemen: Behind the al-Qaeda ‘Jailbreak’”