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US kills 'dozens' of Islamic State members in Yemen
« on: October 17, 2017, 01:23:42 pm »
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US kills 'dozens' of Islamic State members in Yemen | FDD's Long War Journal
Thomas Joscelyn

The Department of Defense announced today that “dozens” of Islamic State “members” were killed in a strike on two training camps in Yemen.

The US military says the operation was intended to disrupt the “organization’s attempts to train new fighters.”

The camps were used “to train militants to conduct terror attacks using AK-47s, machine guns,
rocket-propelled grenade launchers and endurance training,” according to the Pentagon’s announcement.

Read more at: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/10/us-kills-dozens-of-islamic-state-members-in-yemen.php

It's a good news source but if one reads their opinions, they are rather interventionist, neo-conish.

Their organization is the FDD,  Foundation for the defense of democracies.