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“They’re really not targeting civilians and not really targeting troops,” says William Binney, an attorney and former CIA counterterrorism analyst now at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, who was one of the first U.S. officials to raise concerns about the use of drones in Yemen. “There are cases where they may be targeting civilians, but that’s very rare. This was clearly a targeted killing.”

Even the CIA’s internal analysis of the strike suggested that the attack was not a strike specifically targeting al-Qaeda leaders, according to two people familiar with the assessment.

The White House did not comment on a review of the strikes or explain the strikes in a statement.

The official said he was unaware of any other strike that could have killed Qaeda leaders.

It’s unclear how many civilians were바카라 killed or wounded by the strikes, which are being reviewed by the U.S. military’s command of drone operations and have been the subject of congressional scrutiny, given the lack of evidence tying them to al-Qaeda. The CIA declined to provide a tally of civilian deaths. The New York Times has reported that there have been more than 3,500 U.S. strikes in Yemen since late 2012, including 3,051 strikes against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

The CIA drone strikes are the most widespread U.S. campaign against al-Qaeda and its allies since the first targeted attacks began in the 1980s. The strikes, which the CIA estimates have killed about 1,000 to 1,200 people in Yemen and other countries, have been especially striking in areas of tribal war — a conflict driven by Sunni Muslims who have long complained of systematic discrimination and oppression from a strong Shiite population.

There has been no official confirmation of the White House claim that the st우리카지노rikes killed al-Qaeda leaders, or of the CIA’s assessment that they targeted a senior al-Qaeda leader.

White House spokesperson Josh Earnest, asked about the strike on Tuesday, said the drone had been used as a “surgical strike.”

“It was a 우리카지노targeted action,” Earnest said, referring to the drone’s targeting algorithm, rather than a hit by bombs. “The U.S. counterterrorism mission is targeted and targeted only,” Earnest said, adding, “In this case, the objective was to protect the United States.”

The first drone strike in Yemen, on Feb. 10, killed al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-A