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Calling for Change in Yemen

For Assignment, Natalia Antelava reports from Yemen on the people who are calling for change there and asks if America鈥檚 counter terrorism policy has contributed to the unrest?

For years the United States has relied on Yemen鈥檚 strongman President Ali Abdullah Saleh to fight al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

It鈥檚 this group that Washington says poses the biggest threat to its security.

But for months Yemen has been the scene of widespread unrest and Mr Saleh the subject of protests against his leadership.

Mr Saleh warns that if he goes the country would fall into the hands of extremists.

It鈥檚 warnings like these that feed into the very fear that has shaped US policy in Yemen.

For Assignment, Natalia Antelava reports from the capital Sana'a on the people who are calling for change and asks if America鈥檚 counter terrorism policy has contributed to the unrest?

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