give us the context. maybe it needs to be explained one more time. what's al qaeda trying to accomplish in the saudi peninsula? why is it targeting us? why is it using people from yemen? what is it trying to disrupt geopolitically with these attempted attacks? >> well, as you know, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula now mainly located in yemen, is considered the greatest threat against the united states. these are the terrorists, first awlaki and then his successors who have been trying repeatedly to attack the american homeland. since osama bin laden was pretty much removed from any kind of operational leadership. and we know from his final letters and his communications that he was aspirational. he did want to attack president obama. he did want to attack the then-leader of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general david petraeus, then following that, of course, the head of the cia. but at the time, he no longer had the operation ability with al qaeda.
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