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Abu Bakr al-Qirbi
Despite being in the middle of political and economic reform, the Yemeni government's focus is on military assault on Al Qaeda strongholds. If Yemen is failing, who is to blame?
Yemen is the Arab world's slow motion car crash; a humanitarian, economic, and security disaster that makes few headlines in the outside world. The Yemeni government is supposed to be in the middle of a major programme of political and economic reform, but right now its focus appears to be a major military assault on local Al Qaeda strongholds. HARDtalk speaks to Yemen's veteran foreign minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi. If Yemen is a failing state, who is to blame?
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