TERRORISM | According reveals 'The Washington Post' United States maintains a secret 'drones' in Saudi Arabia

The CIA has held for the past two years a secret base drone , known as "drones" in Saudi Arabia, as reported by U.S. media. According to sources from said base operations were conducted against terrorist organization linked to Al Qaeda and located in Yemen. A drone was sent from this base in September 2011 to kill Anwar al Awlaki, a radical Islamist cleric born in the United States and known for being one of the leaders of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, as cited by the media. The base was established two years ago to intensify the war against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, as is known to the branch of the terrorist organization in Yemen. John Brennan , appointed by the Obama administration to head the CIA and White House adviser on counterterrorism, played a key role in negotiations with Saudi Arabia to build such a base, said the newspaper 'The Washington Post'. The newspaper did not reveal the exact location of the base, which could be a subject for counterterrorism operations in the United States develops this troubled region.

No imminent attacks

Indeed, the White House said yesterday that attacks with "drones" against U.S. citizens abroad suspected terrorists are "legal, ethical and sensible" . The U.S. Executive made ​​this statement after government disseminated a memorandum justifying these attacks, even without evidence of an imminent terrorist act . "We carried out these attacks because they are necessary to mitigate actual threats ongoing plots stop, prevent future attacks and save American lives," said White House spokesman, Jay Carney . Carney said that the U.S. used "occasionally" remotely piloted aircraft to "perform targeted attacks against specific al Qaeda terrorists," butdeclined to give details of the criteria that continue to empower them. Meanwhile, a group of 11 senators called on Monday in a letter to Obama to disclose the assumptions under approving drone attacks when it comes to U.S. citizens. That request for information came on the eve of tomorrow will be held in the Senate confirmation hearing of John Brennan, one of the promoters of the strategic use of "drones".