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March 6, 2017

U.S. Military Carries Out 30 Airstrikes in Yemen
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The Pentagon is ramping up its military operations in Yemen. On Thursday
and Friday the U.S. carried out more than 30 airstrikes. That's compared
to 36 airstrikes the U.S. carried out in all of 2016 in Yemen. The
Pentagon says the strikes were targeting al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula. They come after a botched ground raid on a Yemeni village in
January left 25 civilians and one U.S. Navy SEAL dead.


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