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Dick Cheney

 Mr. Cheney arrived in the capital, Sanaa, aboard a U.S. military plane, under extremely tight security. He was met at the airport by Yemen's Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansur and was quickly ushered into the terminal for talks with President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

 U.S. officials are concerned that some al-Qaida terrorists fleeing Afghanistan may try to take refuge in Yemen's rugged mountains. U.S. military officers are already in Yemen, helping government troops hunt down local al-Qaida terrorists.

 Wednesday in Egypt, Mr. Cheney said the next objective in the war on terrorism is to prevent terrorists, and regimes that sponsor terror, from threatening America and its friends and allies.

 There has been growing speculation that Iraq could be the next target in the U.S. - led war. 

President Bush has said he will not allow Iraq to threaten the world's future by developing weapons of mass destruction.

 Yemen is the third stop on Mr. Cheney's Middle East tour. He visited Jordan, before traveling to Egypt. From Yemen he is scheduled to go to Oman. 

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