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Senior Al-Qaida figure and Awlaki’s son among 24 killed in drone strike in Yemen From Will at The Other News: (AlArabiya).The head of the media department of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and six other militants were killed in...
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U.S. Weighs Expanded Strikes in Yemen
From the Wall St. Journal:
WASHINGTON—U.S. officials believe al Qaeda in Yemen is now collaborating more closely with allies in Pakistan and Somalia to plot attacks against the U.S., spurring the prospect that the administration will mount a more intense targeted killing program in Yemen.
Such a move would give the Central Intelligence Agency a far larger role in what has until now been mainly a secret U.S. military campaign against militant targets in Yemen and across the Horn of Africa. It would likely be modeled after the CIA's covert drone campaign in Pakistan.
The U.S. military's Special Operation Forces and the CIA have been positioning surveillance equipment, drones and personnel in Yemen, Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia to step up targeting of al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, known as AQAP, and Somalia's al Shabaab—Arabic for The Youth.
U.S. counterterrorism officials believe the two groups are working more closely together than ever. "The trajectory is pointing in that direction," a U.S. counterterrorism official said of a growing nexus between the Islamist groups. He said the close proximity between Yemen and Somalia "allows for exchanges, training." But he said the extent to which AQAP and al Shabaab are working together is "hard to measure in an absolute way."
Authorizing covert CIA operations would further consolidate control of future strikes in the hands of the White House, which has enthusiastically embraced the agency's covert drone program in Pakistan's tribal areas.
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Senior Al-Qaida figure and Awlaki’s son among 24 killed in drone strike in Yemen From Will at The Other News: (AlArabiya).The head of the media department of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and six other militants were killed in...
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Newsmax: Officials: CIA Drones May Target Yemen Terrorists Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010 The White House, in an effort to turn up the heat against al-Qaida's branch in Yemen, is considering adding the CIA's armed Predator drones to the fight, two U.S....
- Drones Gone Wild
AFP: US missiles kill 10 militants in Pakistan: officials By Hasbanullh Khan (AFP) – 4 hours ago MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — US missiles destroyed a compound used by Islamist fighters in Pakistan's tribal belt on Thursday, killing at least 10 militants...
- Obama Gets Something Right
For all the (correctly so) bitching and complaining we do about our ditherer in chief, it would seem he got this one right. ABCNews: Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists Cruise Missiles Launched Thursday Hit Two Suspected al Qaeda Sites;...
- Al-qaeda Videotapes Execution Of Senior Yemeni Intelligence Officer As Proactive Measure Against Drone Strikes
JAMESTOWN - An al-Qaeda videotape showing the execution of a Yemeni military intelligence chief began circulating throughout Yemen by Bluetooth technology on November 26. The video was produced by al-Malahim Establishment for Media Production, the media...