Yemen

Exclusive: a member of an investigative team working for Channel 4 News met Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian now charged with trying to blow up an airliner bound for Detroit.

It is at least encouraging that the latest attempted act of terrorism has sparked debate here in Yemen about what true Islam means, and what is right and what is wrong.

Jonathan Rugman visits Yemen’s capital Sana’a and finds a city battling poverty, insurgency and the threat of terrorism.

International political commentators say that Yemen’s lawlessness, porous borders and poverty have made it a safe haven for al-Qaida and a breeding ground for terrorism.