Denying Safe Havens: Homeland Security's Efforts to Counter Threats from Pakistan,Yemen, and Somalia

Although Osama bin Laden is dead, al-Qaeda and its affiliates are not. They are hiding in safe havens, areas of relative security that are exploited by terrorists to recruit, train, raise funds, and plan operations. The Department of State has identified 13 countries acting as safe havens today. Today, we examine three that we believe pose the most serious threat to the United States—and that is Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia—and what is the U.S. Government doing to deny these places as a refuge for terrorists.