Fwd: News Alert: U.S. assembling a ring of secret bases for counterterrorism drones

[Corazon Valdez Fabros]

---------------------------------------- News Alert: U.S. assembling a ring of secret bases for counterterrorism drones September 20, 2011 9:16:24 PM ---------------------------------------- EXCLUSIVE | The Obama administration is constructing secret bases for counterterrorism drones in the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsula as part of a newly aggressive campaign to attack al-Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, U.S. officials said. One of the installations is being established in Ethiopia, a U.S. ally in the fight against al-Shabab, the Somali militant group that controls much of the country. Another base is in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, where a small fleet of MQ-9 Reaper drones resumed operations this month after an experimental mission demonstrated that the unmanned aircraft could effectively patrol Somali territory. http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/YLCS8G/D4SNR2/H9X2AS/M7TENE/5BYEV/MQ/h For more information, visit washingtonpost.com ****************************** Advertisement: Get The Washington Post app for iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch: http://itunes.com/apps/thewashingtonpost ****************************** Get breaking news alerts sent to your mobile phone. Text ALERTS to 98999. To unsubscribe, click here ---------------------------------------- © 2011The Washington Post Company Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20071