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Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

The Week to come

Gregory Johnsen

There is too much and it is too late for an actual post, but the week ahead at Waq al-waq will feature:

1. Commentary on AQAP’s statement on the Huthi attacks – there is some strange stuff in this statement and I’m still thinking about it.

2. Commentary on the Yemen portion of the Wikileaks release.

3. A response to Thomas Hegghammer’s rebuttal on Anwar al-Awlaki.

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