29 Dead In 8 Days As U.S. Puts Yemen Drone War In Overdrive -- Danger Room29 dead in a little over a week. Nearly 200 gone this year. The White House is stepping up its campaign of drone attacks in Yemen, with four strikes in eight days. And not even the slaying of 10 civilians over the weekend seems to have slowed the pace in the United States’ secretive, undeclared war.
At this week’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, you’ll hear lots of talk about the Obama administration’s pursuit of al-Qaida and its allies — including, of course, the raid that ultimately took out Osama bin Laden. But the hottest battlefield in this worldwide conflict isn’t likely to receive much attention. It’s a shame, because the fight in Yemen is one that demands discussion. Not only does the White House consider al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula to be the extremist group most likely to strike in the United States. But the American response to that threat was been widely questioned by regional experts, who wonder whether U.S. drones and commandos aren’t being duped into fighting on one side of a civil war.
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More News On The U.S. Drone Campaign In Yemen
US drones strike again in Yemen, kill 8 AQAP fighters -- Long War Journal
Yemen: Terrorists crucify man for allegedly helping American drone strikes -- Examiner
Drone strike kills 13 civilians -- RT
Drone “blowback” is real -- Salon
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MEMRI, if you subscribe to it, has video of ACTUAL CRUCIFIXTION OF ALLEGED YEMEN GUY WHO HELPED THE US IN DRONE OPERATION
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