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WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency is building a secret air base in the Middle East to serve as a launching pad for strikes in Yemen using armed drones, an American official said Tuesday.
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The construction of the base is a sign that the Obama administration is planning an extended war in Yemen against an affiliate of Al Qaeda that has repeatedly tried to carry out terrorist plots against the United States.
Britain is preparing to send Apache attack helicopters to Yemen as cover for evacuations as the Gulf's most troubled state teeters on the brink of civil war.