Drone strikes on Yemen create hostility for US among Arab countries

[The Northerner]

The United States is waiting in the buffet line, and today's special is Yemen.

The U.S. has been involved in Afghanistan since 2001 as part of the war on terror and Iraq since 2003 as "Operation Iraqi Freedom."

In 2002, the CIA began drone strikes in Yemen, and just recently the U.S. has increased its drones in Yemen. The drones have been used to target Al-Qaeda affiliates with the help of U.S. and Yemeni intelligence ground forces mostly in southern Yemen.

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Fozi Al-Gazzali, a Yemeni-American who attended both CSU East Bay and NYU, said he does not think the increased use of U.S. drones is smart in terms of foreign policy because the U.S. is already involved in two wars on Muslim lands.

Read more: http://www.statehornet.com/opinion/drone-strikes-on-yemen-create-hostility-for-us-among-arab/article_3919dfe8-ff9e-11e0-981b-001a4bcf6878.html

[msongs]

1. American stupidity begins at the top and works its way down nt

[The Northerner]

2. +100 I couldn't agree more