Jeremy Scahill: Civilian Deaths From US Drone Strikes are Radicalizing Yemenis

Jeremy Scahill: Civilian Deaths From US Drone Strikes are Radicalizing Yemenis

Jeremy Scahill: Civilian Deaths From US Drone Strikes are Radicalizing Yemenis

How US counterterrorism strategy in Yemen is actually counterproductive.

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Continued US drone strikes in Yemen have sparked an enormous backlash in that country, The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill explains in this appearance on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story. Civilian deaths from drone strikes have only served to radicalize Yemenis, fanning the flames of hate against the United States.

—Elizabeth Whitman

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