Posted on 05/18/2012 5:23:08 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
In an escalation of America’s clandestine war in Yemen, a small contingent of U.S. troops is providing targeting data for Yemeni airstrikes as government forces battle to dislodge Al Qaeda militants and other insurgents in the country’s restive south, U.S. and Yemeni officials said.
Operating from a Yemeni base, at least 20 U.S. special operations troops have used satellite imagery, drone video, eavesdropping systems and other technical means to help pinpoint targets for an offensive that intensified this week, said U.S. and Yemeni officials who asked not to be identified talking about the sensitive operation.
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Is Obozo trying to install his friends in the Muslim Brotherhood at the top there?
what a disaster
Yep, formerly.
>special operations troops have used satellite imagery, drone video, eavesdropping systems and other technical means to help ...
If they are doing all that, then there are more than SpecOps at that base.
It isn’t clandestine if you blab it to the world for the purposes of scoring political points.
Oh...we are the enemy.
Speaking of clandestine wars, what happened to the 100+ troops sent into Africa somewhere for “consulting”?
(Coffee hasn’t kicked in yet.)
The article said there were contractors (CIA) already there.
But yes, it is a sign of bigger things.
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