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Obama Ramps Up Covert War In Yemen -- CNN
President Obama is celebrated and criticized for greatly accelerating the number of CIA drone attacks in Pakistan, but the similar covert war that he has launched in Yemen has received considerably less attention.
The Obama administration has launched an estimated 28 drone strikes and 13 air strikes in Yemen, according to data compiled by the New America Foundation from reliable news reports. By contrast, the administration of George W. Bush only launched one drone attack in Yemen. (The data was gathered from media outlets that include the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN and the Yemen Post.)
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My Comment: The U.S. and its allies do not want any Al Qaeda safe havens in the region .... and are now 'hell-bent' to make sure that such a possibility does not happen.
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