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US warned against strike in Yemen
Any direct US strike against al-Qaida militants in Yemen will further push the state towards failure and boost al-Qaida's presence, a tribal leader and political analysts say.
"It is very serious and unacceptable that the Americans get involved in striking al-Qaida militants because this is against the sovereignty of the country, would cause resentment and increase sympathy with al-Qaida as in such strikes a lot of innocent civilians are hit," said Sheikh Arfaj bin Hadhban, a chief of the Dahm tribe in al Jawf province, north-east of the capital Sana'a.
Abdulbari Taher, an independent political analyst and highly-regarded Yemeni writer and commentator, said: "The US military involvement will do nothing but create another Pakistan or Afghanistan. It will speed up the failure of the state and the collapse of the system. It will bring another catastrophe to the region."