[quote=BBC News][b]Gordon Brown has called a summit in London to discuss radicalisation in Yemen, after the alleged failed bomb attack on a US plane over Detroit.[/b]
No 10 said the 28 January event had support from Washington and the European Union, and Mr Brown aimed to attract Saudi Arabia and Gulf states.
Alleged plane bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is believed to have linked up with al-Qaeda in Yemen.
Mr Brown has ordered a UK airport security review following the attack.
[b]'Wake-up call'[/b]
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The prime minister said the meeting would involve key international partners and be held alongside the conference on the future of Afghanistan, due to be held in London on the same day.
He said: "The international community must not deny Yemen the support it needs to tackle extremism.
"I have said before that Yemen - as both an incubator and potential safe haven for terrorism - presents a regional and global threat."
Mr Brown added that the UK had a £100m commitment to Yemen, making it one of the country's biggest donors, and that Britain was providing assistance including intelligence support and training of counter-terror units.
Downing Street said the aims of the conference would include:
* Providing development aid to the areas at most risk of radicalisation
* Identifying Yemen's counter-terrorism needs
* Bringing military training and better co-ordination of international counter-terrorism
* Helping Yemen with economic, social and political reform
Announcing a review of existing security measures, Mr Brown said the UK would "move quickly" to enhance airport security after the "wake-up call" of the failed US plane attack on Christmas Day.
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He added that advisers would report within days and full-body scanners would be among the new technologies considered.
Mr Brown also said the alleged plane bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who had studied in London, had joined forces with al-Qaeda in Yemen after leaving the UK.
On Tuesday, Yemen's Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told the BBC that Yemen had the will and ability to deal with al-Qaeda, but was not getting enough support from the West.
He added: "We need more training. We have to expand our counter terrorism units and this means providing them with the necessary training, military equipment, ways of transportation - we are very short of helicopters.
"The United States can do a lot, Britain can do a lot, the European Union can do a lot in that regard."
A former close friend of Mr Abdulmutallab has also told the BBC he believes he was radicalised after leaving the country in 2008.
Qasim Rafiq knew the suspect for three years at University College London, and preceded him as president of its Islamic Society.
He says Mr Abdulmutallab had shown no signs of violent extremism while living in the UK.
[b]'New techniques'[/b]
Nigerian-born Mr Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to detonate a bomb on a flight as it came in to land in Detroit on Christmas Day.
US President Barack Obama has also ordered a review of air security, and Mr Brown said the UK would work alongside the US and other partners to "move things forward quickly".
Mr Brown said the UK had one of the "toughest borders in the world" and although Mr Abdulmutallab was on a watch-list and had not been allowed into Britain, it did not "lead us to any complacency".
The 23-year-old allegedly attempted to ignite explosives stored in his underpants. He had flown from Lagos to Amsterdam before changing planes for a flight to Detroit.
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So what if you get diarrhea from the horrible airline food and just have to go during the last hour
[QUOTE=Cutts;19358690]I can seriously see us invading Yemen now. And by us, I mean the UK, US, NATO etc.[/QUOTE]
Nope, UK is alone in this. Lets see them win a war without their bigger, younger sibling.
Looks like we will be invading another small country.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;19391066]Looks like we will be invading another small country.[/QUOTE]
Yemen isn't a nation run by terrorist. It is a nation OVERRUN by extremist
Judging by the past and what has led to minor and major conflicts in the middle east, this is Yemen in... ~3 months time.
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It would be good if we invade Yemen, maybe Osama bin Laden is there.
Or more or less, use airstrikes on terrorist locations to reduce US casualties.
No blankets on laps for one hour before the plane touches down?
Fuck you, the plane gets really cold sometimes or at least the one I took yesterday was.
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Also, I didn't notice any of the supposed, "increased security measures," when I flew back from San Francisco on the 31st of December.
I swear the airport security was noticeably stricter when I arrived in LAX and flew domestically within the US about a year ago.
[QUOTE=Wiggles;19358629]Well he is blind in one eye so you can't really blame him.[/QUOTE]
And from Fife.
Air travel gets even shittier, what else is new.
[QUOTE=plokoon9619;19390363]Nope, UK is alone in this. Lets see them win a war without their bigger, younger sibling.[/QUOTE]
Already been done - the Falklands.
However, I don't know of a war that has been won without the help the US's smaller, older and wiser sibling.
[QUOTE=Split3ndz;19397395]Judging by the past and what has led to minor and major conflicts in the middle east, this is Yemen in... ~3 months time.
[img]http://i49.tinypic.com/33upvyu.png[/img][/QUOTE]
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it'll have jake gyllenhaal
Airplanes get cold what if I'm cold as hell???
[QUOTE=Dr Pepper;19397498]It would be good if we invade Yemen, maybe Osama bin Laden is there.
Or more or less, use airstrikes on terrorist locations to reduce US casualties.[/QUOTE]
Reminded me of this petition on the Downing Street website. Made me lol.
[url]http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/nuke-orbit/[/url]
[quote=wikipedia]In 1839, the British occupied the port of Aden and established it as a colony in September of that year. They also set up a zone of loose alliances (known as protectorates) around Aden to act as a protective buffer. North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and became a republic in 1962.[/quote]
"Time to bring it back into the Empire boys!" -Gordon Brown
[QUOTE=Doug52392;19359514]Yemen has been the headquarters of al-Quida for years, NOW someone wants to do something about it???
Gordon Brown is worthy of a giant clock.[/QUOTE]
He has one.
It's called Big Ben.
Oh ffs, if air travel gets any more restricted i'll start taking the fuckin boat.
[QUOTE=David29;19403889]Already been done - the Falklands.
However, I don't know of a war that has been won without the help of the US's smaller, older sibling.[/QUOTE]
How about the War of 1812?
:owned:
[QUOTE=Split3ndz;19397395]Judging by the past and what has led to minor and major conflicts in the middle east, this is Yemen in... ~3 months time.
[img]http://i49.tinypic.com/33upvyu.png[/img][/QUOTE]
[hd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU1uSl-3w3U[/hd]
It's be this before we know it.
[QUOTE=Alan Ninja!;19413375]How about the War of 1812?
:owned:[/QUOTE]
Uh, what?
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