Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 42

17-October-2005

YEMEN

Yemen Receives Four US Gunboats To Aid Maritime Security

Yemen on 1 October received four 8ms-long gunboats from the US in aid of the Yemen Coast Guard Authoritys task of protecting the countrys coast from terrorism and illegal immigration, according to the Yemen news agency Saba. The US ambassador to Sana'a Thomas Krajeski said the US had supported the authority with $18mn since 2002, covering the supply of gunboats and the...