Thursday - June 09, 2011
I Count Four. Did I Miss One Or Two?
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration has intensified the covert U.S. war in Yemen, hitting militant suspects with armed drones and fighter jets, The New York Times reported late Wednesday.
The accelerated campaign has occurred in recent weeks as violent conflict in Yemen has left the government in Sanaa struggling to cling to power, the Times said.
The report, posted on the newspaper’s website, said Yemeni troops that had been battling militants linked to Al Qaeda in the south have been pulled back to the capital. American officials hope the strikes will help prevent militants from consolidating power.
A drone strike by U.S. special operations forces on May 5 targeted U.S.-born Al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, but a malfunction caused rockets to miss him by a matter of minutes, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.
The recent operations come after a nearly yearlong pause in American airstrikes, which were halted amid concerns that poor intelligence had led to bungled missions and civilian deaths that were undercutting the goals of the secret campaign.
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The U.S. campaign in Yemen is led by the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command and is closely coordinated with the CIA, the Times said.
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[Yemeni President Ali Abdullah] Saleh authorized secret American missions in Yemen in 2009 but placed limits on their scope and has said publicly that all military operations have been conducted by his own troops.
So, let me see if I understand the big picture here. In Libya, we’re indirectly attacking a brutal dictator and supporting Al Qaeda aligned revolutionaries. And the dictator seems to be winning. But in Yemen, we’re supporting a brutal dictator and attacking Al Qaeda aligned revolutionaries. And the revolutionaries seem to be winning.
Did somebody let Obama make the picks for who we’re going to support? Because the guy utterly sucks when it comes to picking anything, from basketball teams, to Olympics hosting cities, to ... you name it. They guy is like Jimmy Carter: whatever he picks, take the opposite, and that will be the right one.
Posted by Drew458
on 06/09/2011 at 09:54 AM
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