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Yemen is a lesson in the limits of Western power

The Yemeni government tolerated and made deals with the terrorists, writes Paul Wood. But US intervention would only unite the whole country behind bin Laden

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Paul Wood
Paul Wood was a BBC foreign correspondent for 25 years, in Belgrade, Athens, Cairo, Jerusalem, Kabul and Washington DC. He has won numerous awards, including two US Emmys for his coverage of the Syrian civil war

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