https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/25/how-could-this-happen-none-of-us-were-al-qaeda/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:23:24 -0400<![CDATA[More than three months later, the incident offers a window into the Yemeni government’s efforts to conceal Washington’s mistakes and the unintended consequences of civilian deaths in American air assaults. In this case, the deaths have bolstered the popularity of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist network’s Yemen affiliate, which has tried to stage attacks on U.S. soil several times.]]>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:40:04 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/25/how-could-this-happen-none-of-us-were-al-qaeda-n98602