The Current State of Yemen

January 27, 2010 0:00 AM

** FILE ** the historical skyscrapers city of Shibam in Hadramut , Yemen, is seen in this Dec.7, 2007 file photo . Gunmen believed to be al-Qaida militants opened fire Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 on a tourist convoy in eastern Yemen, killing two Belgian women

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, center, talks to his supporters outside the stadium where Saleh's General Congress Party held a convention to nominate its candidate for the polls, in the capital Sana'a, Yemen, Saturday, June 24, 2006. Saleh who has r

The Current State of Yemen

Yemeni refugee women carry firewood at the Mazraq Refugee Camp in northern Yemen Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. UNHCR says that the population of the refugee camp has doubled in the last month as civilians continue to flee their homes with fighting between Yemeni

The Current State of Yemen

Vendors prepare qat for customers at a qat market, in the Yemeni capital San'a, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. Qat, which is popular with many Yemeni adults, is a leaf that gives a mild narcotic high when chewed. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Yemenis chew qat leafs in the capital San'a on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005. Qat is a centuries-old social custom that stimulates mental activity, long conversations and tall tales in this tribal-dominated nation at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Qa

The Current State of Yemen

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, left, looks on as President Bush make a statement to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2009, file photo, Yemenite army cadets marching during a graduation ceremony in San'a, Yemen. The terror incubator in Yemen, birthplace of the Christmas Day airliner attack, is forcing the United States and allies to pour millions