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Covert U.S. operations authorized in secret order
• Reuters A senior U.S.
military commander issued a secret order last year that laid the ground
for an escalation of covert operations across the Middle East and the
Horn Africa, officials said on Monday.
Issued last September by General David Petraeus, the order authorized an escalation that included boosting military and intelligence assistance to help Yemeni forces strike al Qaeda targets, as well as deployment of more unmanned aerial drones to collect information and track high-value targets.
Issued last September by General David Petraeus, the order authorized an escalation that included boosting military and intelligence assistance to help Yemeni forces strike al Qaeda targets, as well as deployment of more unmanned aerial drones to collect information and track high-value targets.
