Al Qaeda is benefiting from civil unrest and economic woes in Yemen , says Fawaz Gerges . He says sending more aid , focusing on counterterrorism wo n't be a successful policy . What the al Qaeda branch has tried to do is to submerge and embed itself in these raging local conflicts and to position itself as the spearhead of opposition and resistance to the Saleh regime . TL;DR Gerges : It 's crucial to tackle Yemen 's social and political crisis .
Al Qaeda is benefiting from civil unrest and economic woes in Yemen , says Fawaz Gerges . He says sending more aid , focusing on counterterrorism wo n't be a successful policy . TL;DR Gerges : It 's crucial to tackle Yemen 's social and political crisis .