Al-Qaeda Threatens All Mideast, Central Asia, U.S. General Says
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Al-Qaeda and its affiliates pose a threat throughout the Middle East and Central Asia and have helped destabilize Yemen to the point where its government is losing control, the Marine Corps general picked to head U.S. forces in the region said today.
Countering “the enemy network” requires “an integrated response that applies constant pressure,” General James Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee at his nomination hearing.