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Title Foreign Correspondent: Yemen
Published Australia : ABC, 2011
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Summary From the lawless confines of a dirt poor nation an accused terrorism mastermind sends out a rallying call for fanatical foot soldiers and they come running from near and far. We set off for Yemen on the trail of disaffected young Australians joining up for jihad.It's a striking place where time seems to have stopped dead centuries ago and yet it harbours a modern global threat - armed, diabolically dangerous and very tech savvy. Yemen is the staging post for much of Al Qaeda's indoctrination programs, terror training - it's even where the nebulous terror collective hosts its glossy and inflammatory internet publications.And playing the tune here is an American citizen, the United States itself wants cauterised, captured or killed.His name, Anwar Al Awlaki. His devotees - including Australians - are hearing his call and heading to the un-policed corners of this struggling country to sign up for jihad, framing their targets in the west."Al Qaeda is many things but it is not stupid. And it understands that if it can recruit people who don't fit profiles, who can breeze through airports, who don't raise anyalarms that again this is a very potent weapon in their hands." - Barbara Bodine, Former US Ambassador, Yemen.In this report, Trevor Bormann enters this mediaeval den on the trail of the master and his marionettes. An undercover intelligence professional tells Bormann that his own investigative sorties into Yemen - including evidence gathered on-site at training camps - reveal an undeniable Australian presence."These Australians and the other students are being trained for terrorist missions. No question. Their value is their Australian passport." - Undercover Intelligence ProfessionalAs people power rocks the Arab world and new uncertainties and instabilities erupt, Yemen can ill afford a collapse of authority and a power vacuum which may see the Al Qaeda threat metastasise
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2011-02-08 at 20:00:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Jihad.
Qaida (Organization)
Terrorism -- Religious aspects.
Terrorists -- Recruiting.
Terrorists -- Training of.
Yemen (Republic)
Form Streaming video
Author al-Awlaki, Anwar, contributor
Barman, Abdul Rahman, contributor
Bodine, Barbara, contributor
Bormann, Trevor, reporter
Corcoran, Mark, host
Johari, Abdul Malik, contributor
Saleh, Yahya, contributor