April Fool's: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula takes over Abyan Province in Yemen!

04-01-2011 • The Political Commentator

No, unfortunately al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has declared Abyan Province in Yemen an Islamic Emirate governed by Sharia Law While the world focuses on Libya, the unrest around the Middle East continues to churn. President Obama has hitched much of his 2012 re-election wagon to the military action in Libya, hoping (I think) that the rebels we are backing are not simply al-Qaeda in disguise, that NATO can run the military show we backed out of while we remain in financially, that Gadaffi leaves even though we don't really know who the rebels are that would take over and that in the meantime there is no wholesale slaughter of civilians (supposedly our whole purpose for being there in the first place). Now while "all eyes" are on Libya, the rest of the Middle East continues to face violent turmoil and unrest, leaving one to wonder how all of this will play out for Israel, the United States and the world. Let's take a look at some of the stories that have been replace