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CIA Drones Targeted al Qaeda Meeting—and Killed Hostages Instead
Blind Eye
The agency’s drone operators had little idea who they were shooting at. They fired anyway. Now, a pair of hostages are dead. And Washington is demanding answers.
Tim Mak
Nancy A. Youssef
Shane Harris
Published
Apr. 23 2015
7:00PM EDT
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Nancy A. Youssef
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Shane Harris
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