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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/08/08

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Yemenis Call US Drone Strikes an Overreaction to Al Qaida Threat

Adam Baron, McClatchy Newspapers: After the US launched 8 drone attacks in the span of 13 days in Yemen sparking outrage across the country, some analysts feel that the military s actions are only bringing more attention to al Qaeda s cause.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/18090-yemenis-call-us-drone-strikes-an-overreaction-to-al-qaida-threat

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Yemen officials: U.S. kills three 'militants'

A senior Defense Ministry official told CNN that 34 people have been killed in 12 drone strikes since July 28. The official said that nearly a dozen of the killed over the past two weeks are believed to have been innocent.

http://is.gd/xLfZrL



Why Are We At War in Yemen?

By Ron Paul

The US is sending mixed signals by attacking al-Qaeda in Yemen while supporting al-Qaeda linked rebels fighting in Syria.

http://is.gd/2FWZ4Q



How We Lost Yemen

By Gregory D. Johnsen

Why, if the U.S. counterterrorism approach is working in Yemen, is AQAP still growing? Why, after nearly four years of bombing raids, is the group capable of putting together the type of plot that leads to the United States shuttering embassies and missions from North Africa to the Persian Gulf?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35827.htm



How Obama s drone war echoes Egypt s military crackdown

BY ROSA BROOKS

To Egypt s military government, American officials condemning the killings are nothing but hypocrites. After all, is there any significant difference between what Egypt is doing in its own streets and what the United States is doing in the streets of other states?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35893.htm


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