U.S. assembling secret drone bases in Africa, Arabian Peninsula, officials say

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-building-secret-drone-bases-in-africa-arabian-peninsula-officials-say/2011/09/20/gIQAJ8rOjK_story.html


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The rapid expansion of the undeclared drone wars is a reflection of the growing alarm with which U.S. officials view the activities of al-Qaeda affiliates in Yemen and Somalia, even as al-Qaeda’s core leadership in Pakistan has been weakened by U.S. counterterrorism operations.

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The island nation of 85,000 people has hosted a small fleet of MQ-9 Reaper drones operated by the U.S. Navy and Air Force since September 2009. U.S. and Seychellois officials have previously acknowledged the drones’ presence but have said that their primary mission was to track pirates in regional waters. But classified U.S. diplomatic cables show that the unmanned aircraft have also conducted counterterrorism missions over Somalia, about 800 miles to the northwest.

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more money out of our pockets
more money put into our Baron's pockets

[KansDem]

1. Horseshit

...a reflection of the growing alarm with which U.S. officials view the activities of al-Qaeda affiliates in Yemen and Somalia

It has to do with "securing" mid-east oil and resources.

What did we read on DU this morning? Something about the Koch Brothers are now worth $50 billion?

This is all about the oil-igarchy. But the Washington Post must continue "catapulting the propaganda."

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. "You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war." - Albert Einstein

[blindpig]

3. Imperialism goes high tech

Who needs gunboats?