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Drone Strike in Yemen Kills 5 'Qaida' Militants
[An Nahar] A strike by an unmanned drone killed five suspected members of al-Qaeda in eastern Yemen on Wednesday, a security official said.

"Five al-Qaeda members were killed in the raid" that targeted a house in the village of Al-Ain in Hadramawt province, the official said, requesting anonymity.

He said two middle-ranking members of the local branch of al-Qaeda were among the dead.

The United States is the only country that has drones in the region and in recent months has been carrying out strikes on al-Qaeda targets in the south and east of the country and in the Arabian peninsula.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has taken advantage of the weakness of the central government during a year of protests against ousted president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
to expand its presence in the impoverished country.

Posted by: Fred 2012-09-06
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