Obama approved secret operations in Yemen - report

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama approved secret joint U.S. military and intelligence operations with Yemeni troops that began six weeks ago and killed six regional al Qaeda leaders, The Washington Post reported.

Obama approved a December 24 strike against a compound where a U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Aulaqi, was believed to be meeting with regional al Qaeda leaders, the newspaper said in its Wednesday editions.

He was not the target and was not killed but since has been added to a short list of U.S. citizens to be killed or captured by the U.S. military's clandestine Joint Special Operations Command, military officials told the Post.

The American advisers do not take part in raids in Yemen but help plan missions, develop tactics and provide weapons, the paper said.

Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE60Q0U420100127

I guess this will knock Lieberman back a few steps, but it will end up making things even more difficult for the Yemeni government to maintain some semblance of control.

When did this: "has been added to a short list of U.S. citizens to be killed or captured by the U.S. military's clandestine Joint Special Operations Command" become legal?

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Perhaps losing their White House press privileges for a few weeks will teach them a lesson.

Close them down. :eyes:

you would know this was going on. WP has nothing to do with this no "being secret" any longer.