US launches #drones from Ethiopia - Africa - Al Jazeera English
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The White House has confirmed that the US military has unmanned drone aircraft in Ethiopia but says no strike missions are being launched from the east African country.
“The US has unarmed and unmanned aircraft at a facility there to be used only for surveillance as part of a broad, sustained, integrated campaign to counter terrorism,” said Captain John Kirby, a US defence department spokesman, on Friday. “These unmanned aircraft are being used only for surveillance and not conducting strike missions.”