Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. and Yemen are now looking at fresh targets in Yemen for a potential retaliationstrike, two senior U.S. officials told CNN Tuesday, in the aftermath of the botched Christmas Day attack on an airliner that al Qaeda in Yemen claims it organized.
Public employment will not be cut substantially as trade union leaders have already announced a general strike in retaliation, if ever the unthinkable were to happen.
Whether or not there is retaliation for this specific Israeli strike, it is clear that the potential for an engagement between Israel and Hezbollah is now high.