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The terrorist group is gaining recruits and territory in southern Yemen. Are US drones at fault?

Officials in Yemen said landmines planted by al Qaeda militants before they fled the south have killed 73 civilians over the past week.

Al Qaeda loyalists in the town of Jaar, in Yemen's southern Abyan province, on Jan. 25, 2012.

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