Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens -Scott Shane, Mark Mazzetti & Robert Worth
[In] the Obama administration’s shadow war against Al Qaeda and its allies, the United States has significantly increased military and intelligence operations, pursuing the enemy using robotic drones and commando teams, paying contractors to spy and training local operatives to chase terrorists.
While the stealth war began in the Bush administration, it has expanded under President Obama.
[T]he American military campaign in Yemen began without notice in December and has never been officially confirmed. Instead of “the hammer,” America will rely on the “scalpel.”
Obama administration officials defend their efforts in Yemen. The strikes have been “conducted very methodically,” and claims of innocent civilians being killed are “very much exaggerated,” said a senior counterterrorism official.
[New York Times]
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[In] the Obama administration’s shadow war against Al Qaeda and its allies, the United States has significantly increased military and intelligence operations, pursuing the enemy using robotic drones and commando teams, paying contractors to spy and training local operatives to chase terrorists.
While the stealth war began in the Bush administration, it has expanded under President Obama.
[T]he American military campaign in Yemen began without notice in December and has never been officially confirmed. Instead of “the hammer,” America will rely on the “scalpel.”
Obama administration officials defend their efforts in Yemen. The strikes have been “conducted very methodically,” and claims of innocent civilians being killed are “very much exaggerated,” said a senior counterterrorism official.
[New York Times]
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