GLOBAL JOURNALIST: Will Yemen be tomorrow's war?

Friday, January 8, 2010 | 8:35 p.m. CST; updated 10:16 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Byron Scott, professor emeritus, Missouri School of Journalism: Our show today is about Yemen and international reactions to the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound Delta/Northwest Airlines jet. The latest al-Qaida news is characterized by a quote that I think we all heard on news shows the last few days, “Iraq is yesterday’s war; Afghanistan is today’s. If we don’t watch out Yemen will be the next war.” We’re here to explore that. First, what should we know about this country on the horn of Africa?

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