"The US Department of Defense is primarily responsible for counter-terrorism activities in Yemen, just as it is in Somalia. CENTCOM is the lead Pentagon command. Joint Special Operations Command – or JSOC – is the elite force often credited with attacks in Yemen aimed at Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and more recently, Ansar al-Sharia.
US activity has at various times consisted of cruise missile strikes, naval bombardments, air strikes and more recently, drone strikes. Attacks are at times in conjunction with, or in support of, the Yemen military."
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