The United States was reportedly able to target an alleged al-Qaeda operative named Adnan al-Qadhi for an drone strike after U.S. allies in Yemen convinced an 8-year-old boy to place a tracking chip in the pocket of the man he considered to be his surrogate father. Shortly after the child planted the device, a U.S. drone tracked and killed al-Qadhi with a missile. He was killed last November less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama’s re-election. Gregory Johnsen writes about the case in his new article “Did an 8-Year-Old Spy for America?” published in The Atlantic.
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