(New York Times) Eric Schmitt and Robert F. Worth - In the midst of two unfinished major wars, the U.S. has quietly opened a third, largely covert front against al-Qaeda in Yemen. A year ago, the CIA sent several of its top field operatives to Yemen, while Special Operations commandos began training Yemeni security forces in counterterrorism tactics.
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