Wikileaks confirm US role in bombings (Christian Science Monitor)

Dec. 1, 2010 -- SANA'A, Yeman (Christian Science Monitor) -- For the past year, the US has been thought to be conducting air strikes in Yemen against militants, with Yemen's permission.

Yemen has publicly denied that; its populace is staunchly opposed to any US intervention.

But WikiLeaks cables appear to remove the fig-leaf of plausible deniability, which could compromise counterterrorism efforts there.

"We'll continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours," said Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to US Central Command General David Petraeus, according to a cable.

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