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No U.S. Plan to Send Counterterrorism Forces to Yemen
2010-11-05
[Yemen Post] There is no plan for sending U.S. Special Forces to conduct secret operations against Al-Qaeda targets in Yemen under the supervision of the Central Intelligence Agency CIA, a front man for the Pentagon has said.
Nor will they tag along with the British teams already roaming the landscape, of course.
The reports previously published by U.S. media that Obama's administration was discussing such a plan after last week's cargo bomb plots were untrue, Bryan Whitman said.

U.S. reports said on Monday that an increasing number of military officials within Obama's administration urged to deploy U.S. counterterrorism forces in Yemen under the supervision of the CIA.

The explosive parcels, that were seized before they could reach their destinations in the U.S., emphasized the need for reconsidering all military options before the administration to fight Al-Qaeda in Yemen, which was responsible for sending the packages intercepted in London and Dubai, reports citing unidentified officials said.

Sending U.S. troops to Yemen will help the United States of America to carry out quick and more secret strikes against Al-Qaeda targets in the country, they said, citing officials as saying that the administration was also mulling over the addition of CIA drones to the Yemen-based anti-terrorism arsenal.

But Whitman said at a presser a day later' the Pentagon did not take seriously all proposals for the contents of the reports, and there is no radical change in the way we support Yemen's efforts to root out terrorism.

The Yemeni counterterrorism efforts are applauded, and the U.S. is working closely and cooperatively with the Yemeni authorities to face all security and other challenges, he said.

You will never get information about what you call secret terror operations in Yemen, he told news hounds.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Maybe they're already there...
Posted by: tu3031   2010-11-05 22:30  

#2  ION CT, DAILY TIMES.PK > WALL STREET JOURNAL > [US CT Officials] OSAMA, AL QAEDA GUIDE YEMEN PLOTS [AQAP Parcel Bombs]FROM PAKISTAN.

versus

* TOPIX > [AQAP aka AQIY] AL QAEDA CLAIMS THEY LAUCNHED THREE AIRCRAFT ATTACKS IN A YEAR [warns that it will similarly strike at US-ALLIED INTERESTS + SUCCEED due to defects in Tech, Search Methods which the US wilfully lies about].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-11-05 22:27  

#1  US CT = SPECOPS

versus

* ITAR-TASS > RUSSIAN WARSHIPS TO FIGHT PIRATES IN GULF OF ADEN IN 2011 [PERMANENT RussNav presence planned for Gulf of Aden + Horn of Africa].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-11-05 00:54  

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