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During my stay in Sanaa, I had two objectives: checking on the growing importance of the organization and spending some time with the yemenite army. It was only on weekends, that I was able to meet...
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Valerie Dupont: How have you been enrolled by Al-Qaeda ? Nasser al-Bahri: I joined the organization after a long jihad process. I began my training in Bosnia, in Somalia then in Kirghizstan. Cheik...
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Valerie Dupont: What do you think of the women enrolled in the yemeni army ? Cheilk Al-Raimi: Oh, it’s haram (“a sin”) ! In our holy religion, we protect women. Their place is at home, they take care...
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Once the interview over, the cheik, true to local hospitality, invites me to have lunch together with his sons. The youngest sons are surprised to see me share their tasty meal sitting on the floor....
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Back to Sanaa. The taxi driver curses the americans... One of the main roads of the city is blocked, as it leads to the American Embassy, which has recently been put under heavy security. I learn that...
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I start visiting the school. In one of the classes, a teacher shows how to disassemble and assemble a kalachnikov. Soon, they will have to do it eyes shut. Very concentrated, the future policewomen...
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The next day I return to the antiterrorist section where I am expected. Four young women wearing a hood, and heavily armed, are waiting for me together with their teacher. They demonstrate the perfect...
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I decide to change atmosphere, going to the qat market where it’s quite cheerful. Here, practically everybody chews this herb, both men and women, even if it is forbidden by religion. A real plague...
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All along my stay, I was impressed by the kindness, hospitality and smiles of the inhabitants. I feel under the strange spell of this country. Dignity, sense of honor, hospitality, are specific...
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The yemeni army is on several fronts, with of course the north of the country. The movement led by Abdul Malek al Houthis, leader of the Shiite Zaidis sect, call for the establishment of a state led...
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