You are an analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) with responsibility for the Southwest Asia desk specifically, the country of Yemen. You are to write a position paper on the internal strife in Yemen and competing factions. Your product will be submitted to the Worldwide Intelligence Review (See Lowenthal, Page 84).

Write an intelligence briefing product and utilizing the appropriate portions of the intelligence cylce, inform the intelligence community on the current situation in Yemen concerning the competing factions and recommend a possible course of action for the U.S. senior leadership.