An unusual admission by an anonymous US military source about Yemen

""The initial evidence is actually that the Houthi advance has caused their (AQAP) external plotting to be sidelined while they figure out how they are going to deal with the internal vestiges of what appears to be an emerging civil war," the official told a small group of reporters.

"So, I think although our capability has been diminished, I wouldn’t suggest it puts us at greater risk right now."" (thanks Ibrahim)