“We do not accept any foreign forces in Yemen, be it small or big forces, and for any reason!“-Yemeni parliament statement, 15 September 2012

17 September 2012, the United States was supposed to send a platoon sized element of U.S. Marines, but it turns out that at least 250 U.S. personnel, along with 200 AFVs (armored fighting vehicles), have deployed into Yemen!  And it turns out they’ve been in country since 15 September, according to the Yemeni newspaper Al Ol.

On 16 September 2012, the U.S. puppet leader of Yemen said he would allow a platoon from the USMC to guard the U.S. embassy in Sana’a (the Yemeni government said 50 of those 250 U.S. personnel were directly guarding the U.S. embassy.  That’s still slightly more than a platoon size element).  U.S. Marines are also guarding a hotel where embassy staffers stay.

Back in March a Saudi official was kidnapped in Yemen. The government there blamed al Qaeda in Yemen.  In July Yemen officials claim they broke up an Iranian spy ring that had been in operation for seven years.  Then on 16 September Yemen’s Foreign Minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, tried to blame everything that has been going on in his country on Iran: “We have informed the Iranians of our concerns regarding these developments. While there has been no evidence indicating the Iranian authorities were directly involved, unfortunately it does seem that there are Shiite groups in Tehran that played a role in this network.”

The problem is that most people in Yemen are Arabs, most people in Iran are Aryans.  Al Qaeda is connected to Arabs who are Wahhabi Islam, most Iranians are Shi’a Isalm, which al Qaeda has sworn to kill.  Sounds like more U.S. attempts to get people riled up for war with Iran.