Yemen: Behind Al-Qaeda Scenarios, An Unfolding Stealth Agenda - by F William Engdahl
http://www.voltairenet.org/article169032.html
"In addition to its geopolitical position as a major global oil transit chokepoint, Yemen is reported to hold some of the world's greatest untapped oil reserves. Yemen's Masila Basin and Shabwa Basin are reported by international oil companies to contain 'world class discoveries.' Some 15 years ago I was told in a private meeting with a well informed Washington insider that Yemen contained 'enough undeveloped oil to fill the oil demand of the entire world for the next 50 years.'
Perhaps there is more to Washington's recent Yemen concern than a rag-tag al Qaeda whose very existence as a global terror organization has been doubted by seasoned Islamic experts.."