British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Calls For High-Level International Meeting For January 28 To Devise Ways To Counter Radicalization In Yemen

The AP reports that "British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a high-level international meeting on Jan. 28 to devise ways to counter radicalization in Yemen.He says the meeting would be held at the same time as a planned international conference on Afghanistan to be held in London. Yemeni security officials have said a Nigerian suspected in the recent attempted attack on a U.S. airliner had stayed on in Yemen illegally after his visa expired three months ago and should have been stopped by authorities from leaving the country. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab spent time in Yemen on two occasions before the attempted Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight, and Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attempted attack. Brown says an international approach is needed to combat the rising influence of Al Qaeda in Yemen." Tweet