yemen vs. al qaeda

According to cfr.com (council on foreign relations), the conflitct between yemen and al-qaeda began in the year 2000 after al-qaeda had bombed U.S.S Cole a navy destroyer. Since then there has been a war to fight terrorism. "Beginning in late 2009, President Obama deployed several dozen troops from the U.S. military's clandestine Joint Special Operations Command for intelligence and support to Yemen (Reuters). Since December 2009, the partnered efforts have resulted in more than two dozen ground and airstrikes (al-Jazeera). Raids in December alone allegedly killed fifty-eight AQAP militants."