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Today, the Washington Post did a story about how U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people, among them six of 15 top leaders of a regional al-Qaeda affiliate. The article also highlights how GEOINT is playing a major role in this effort: “Highly sensitive intelligence is being shared with the Yemeni forces, including electronic and video surveillance, as well as three-dimensional terrain maps and detailed analysis of the al-Qaeda network.” In addition, we have featured a detailed map of all recent operations in Yemen in this post.

Here’s the map of recent strikes:

Tags: GEOINT, Survellience, Taliban, Terrorism, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, USGIF, Yemen attacks