 AFP | Secret Order Lets US Raid Al Qaeda in Many Countries New York Times - By ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON - The United States military since 2004 has used broad, secret authority to carry out nearly a dozen previously undisclosed attacks against Al Qaeda and other militants in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere, ... US military conducts a dozen secret strikes in four years: report Report: US in secret attacks on al-Qaida |