In the wake of the Taliban’s ouster in Afghanistan, bin Laden and his followers have come to regard Yemen, alongside Pakistan, as a haven. Indeed, Yemen is now a bubbling cauldron of jihadis who have flocked there because it, like Afghanistan and Pakistan, has weak, easily manipulated state institutions.
在塔利班被逐出阿富汗之后，本·拉登和他的追随者们渐渐将也门和巴基斯坦作为了他们的避风港。事实上，因为也门与阿富汗和巴基斯坦一样，国家机构软弱而且容易受到操纵，所以，许多伊斯兰圣战分子聚集到了也门，使也门成为伊斯兰圣战分子日益膨胀的根据地。