US official spokesmen have stepped up their rhetoric against al Qaeda in Yemen but do not have the manpower resources to open another anti-terror warfront in addition to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and to a lesser degree Somalia, DEBKAfile's Washington sources report.
Washington's problem with Yemen president Abdullah Salah is his dual policy: While posing as America's faithful ally in the war on the Islamist extremists, he maintains close back-door ties with al Qaeda.
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