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US expanding drone strikes in Yemen

Associated Press

  April 27, 2012

The U.S. is widening the war on Al Qaeda in Yemen, expanding drone strikes against the terror network a year after the raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. U.S. counterterrorist forces will now be allowed to target individuals found to be plotting attacks on U.S. territory, even if U.S. intelligence cannot identify the person by name, two senior U.S. officials said.

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