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Obama Admits U.S. Is Fighting Al Qaeda in Somalia and Yemen

Barack Obama

The acknowledgment that United States military forces have taken “direct action” in those countries opens the window further into the president’s secret war on terrorists.

 

Report: US building secret Africa drone bases

The United States is assembling a series of secret drone bases for an aggressive campaign against al-Qaida-linked groups in Somalia and Yemen, the Washingon Post reports.

 

Panetta Says Defeat of Al Qaeda ‘Within Reach’

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, who arrived in Kabul on Saturday, also said the American focus had narrowed to capturing or killing key leaders of the terrorist group in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen.

 

Sources: Bin Laden Directed Al-Qaeda Figures

Sources: Bin Laden Directed Al-Qaeda Figures

The wealth of information pulled from Osama bin Laden's compound has reinforced the belief that he played a strong role in planning and directing attacks by Al Qaeda and its affiliates in Yemen and Somalia, senior U.S. officials said Friday.

 

US bans ink and toner from planes

US bans ink and toner from planes

The US authorities ban toner and ink cartridges from passenger aircraft and all cargo flights from Yemen and Somalia, in the wake of a bomb plot.

 

U.S. sends 12 Gitmo detainees to home nations

The U.S. has transferred a dozen Guantanamo detainees to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region.

 

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