Informant says ex-Yemen president Saleh aided al-Qaeda

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Informant says ex-Yemen president Saleh aided al-Qaeda

Aljazeera, 04 Jun 2015

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A former al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operative has said that ex-Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh supported, and even at times directed, the group.

In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit, the former AQAP operative-turned government informant alleged that Saleh "plays with al-Qaeda like chess".

"He does not believe in checkmate. The game must continue endlessly. He advances a pawn, retreats a pawn, once moving it to the left, another time to the right. That's how it is," he said.

Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher reports.

You can watch the full documentary, Al-Qaeda Informant, from 20:00 GMT on Thursday.