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UNIPATH STAFF The Yemeni Coast Guard uncovered a plot to smuggle 40 tons of weapons, including sophisticated missiles and explosives, into the country. Coast Guard officials intercepted a dhow carrying the weapons on January 23, 2013, off the country’s eastern coast. “This is the most dangerous arms shipment being smuggled to Yemen,” Yemeni Deputy Interior Minister Abdel-Rahman Hanash told Reuters. “It contained anti-aircraft missiles, C-4 high explosives materials, which only a few countries in the Middle East possess.” Arms onboard the vessel, named the Jehan1, were destined for extremists operating in Yemen with the goal of undermining stability and security.…

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STORY AND PHOTO BY SPC. SHARMAIN BURCH/THIRD ARMY, U.S. ARMY CENTRAL Health-care professionals from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, the Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Pakistan, Yemen and 11 other partner nations gathered in the United States at the Military Medical Operations Symposium in Washington, D.C., to discuss effective emergency health-care response strategies. The five-day conference in February 2013 covered topics ranging from disease surveillance, preparedness and response to chemical, biological and radiological incidents. It also emphasized coordination between civil authorities and the military to achieve goals. “Establishing a prepared response for health care is critical prior to an emergency,” said Brig. Gen. Rex…

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