Yemen Dispatch: Battling Insurgents

YEMEN -- March 16, 2010 at 6:17 PM EDT

Yemen Dispatch: Battling Insurgents

Yemeni security forces are working on honing their counterterrorism tactics in the battle against a resurgent al-Qaeda affiliate in the region -- AQAP, or Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. It was AQAP that recruited and trained the would-be Christmas Day bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. We spent the morning with a seasoned unit of anti-terrorist troops, who practiced storming a house where "insurgents" were hiding. You can view a sample in this video dispatch. And watch for more of our online and broadcast reports from Yemen in the coming week.

Video edited by Larisa Epatko

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