Sunday, May 23, 2010

When Britain Occupied Yemen

Contemporary accounts of the conflict -- known as the Aden Emergency in Britain -- from Time paint an interesting picture. For one, they clearly demonstrate how racist the rhetoric was just 50 years ago. (Some of the descriptions below are, well, uncomfortable to read.) The clips also show how, despite inferior weaponry, domestic insurgencies so successfully chip away at the will and resources of occupying forces

by Annie Lowrey, Foreign Policy (http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/01/11/when_britain_occupied_yemen)

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