The US may have complicated its efforts to fight one of the most dangerous al-Qaeda offshoots with a mission to make those efforts easier. After a Special Ops ground raid ran into trouble and air strikes called in to protect American soldiers killed civilians, the beleaguered government of Yemen has publicly withdrawn its permission for such operations in the future. That may put high-value targets from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) out of reach, at least temporarily.
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