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| CIA Seeks to Expand Anti-Terror Drones in Yemen |
| 2012-04-20 |
| [An Nahar] The CIA is seeking permission to launch more airborne drone strikes in Yemen, even when there is a risk the victims might not always be terrorists, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The targets would be chosen based on intelligence reports indicating suspicious behavior, such as images of snuffies unloading explosives or gathering at al-Qaeda compounds. If President Barack Obama I inhaled. That was the point... 's administration gives the CIA permission for the strikes, it could represent a politically dangerous escalation of U.S. military activity in Yemen, the Post said. There have been at least eight U.S. The B.O. regime has tried until now to limit its drone operations in Yemen to avoid being drawn into internal conflicts that could turn local snuffies into al-Qaeda recruits, the Post reported. The Post quoted an unnamed B.O. regime official saying that "there is still a very firm emphasis on being surgical and targeting only those who have a direct interest in attacking the United States." However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... disputes have arisen over the number of civilian deaths from drone strikes. A U.S. drone accidentally killed the teenaged American son of al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki ... Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, zapped in Yemen, al-Awlaki was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen. He was an Islamic holy man who was a trainer for al-Qaeda and its franchises. His sermons were attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers, by Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hussein, and UndieboomerUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He was the first U.S. citizen ever placed on a CIA target list... last year, despite the fact he never was accused of terrorist activity. Some critics of the drone program say killings of innocent victims could become more common if the strikes are expanded. The CIA proposal for the "signature strikes" is awaiting a decision by the National Security Council, the Post quoted unnamed U.S. officials as saying. The CIA has been flying drones in Yemen since last year from a secret base on the Arabian Peninsula, the Post reported. The agency has been building networks of informants in Yemen to assemble intelligence reports that could guide the signature strikes, similar to its drone attacks against al-Qaeda in Pakistain, the Post reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Don't drink and post, Kids. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-04-20 21:07 |
| #3 Try flying one over the mother f'ining compound of the family supporting terrorists killing our troops and fry the mothers! Makes a lot of sense huh!?! We can't touch them will get sent to the principals office wahhhhhh! |
| Posted by: Flerese Prince of the Bunions1219 2012-04-20 19:47 |
| #2 Sympathy? I think more strikes are needed. Make it dangerous to be near those who encourage war on the west. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-04-20 08:01 |
| #1 The agency has been building networks of informants in Yemen to assemble intelligence reports that could guide the signature strikes, similar to its drone attacks against al-Qaeda in Pakistain, the Post reported. These networks were key enablers to victory in Afghanistan. [angry snark off] Bring the CIA's clandestine Air Force and Army home! They get us into trouble we absolutely don't need. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-04-20 06:11 |