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Yemeni security forces on alert, US drone strikes stepped up


CBS News reports on the latest drone strikes in Yemen, the Yemeni government's assertion that it disrupted a major AQAP plot to "strike foreign embassies, gas and oil installations, and the country's ports," and its assertion that security forces have "a shoot to kill order on anyone who looks suspicious and refuses to identify themselves."

See The Long War Journal's in-depth coverage:

US strikes twice in Yemen, kills 7 AQAP operatives in drone attacks

AQAP's emir also serves as al Qaeda's general manager

US kills 4 AQAP operatives in Yemen drone strike

Local AQAP commander reported killed in recent US drone strike



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