Indeed AL Qaeda has claimed the failed bomber's mission was in retaliation for these attacks in Yemen. It would seem that in exchange for US help in bombing Houthi rebels in the North the Yemen govt. has agreed to go after Al Qaeda. There will soon be a battle on three fronts against the Yemen govt. and Yemen could become another failed state and Obama will engage in his third surge the other two being in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Anyway security shares are doing very well. I just wonder if Al Qaeda financiers do not play the market shorting airline shares and buying security company shares in advance of an attack.
Cheers, k hanly
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--- On Tue, 12/29/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] cost of a failed underwear bombing: 49 civilians
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 9:54 PM
>
> On Dec 29, 2009, at 9:51 PM, Bill O'Connor wrote:
>
> > Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> writes:
> >
> >> <http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091220/world/yemen_unrest_qaeda>
> >>
> >> 49 civilians killed in air strike: local Yemeni
> official
> >> Sun Dec 20, 10:21 AM
> >
> > Well, to be fair to the poor guy who scalded his balls
> off, the 49
> > probably would have been killed anyway.
>
> Yup. On second glance, the dateline precedes the event. No
> doubt the
> toll will rise in the coming weeks, though.
>
> Doug
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