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Drone strike kills five suspected Qaeda members in Yemen
 [AlAhram] A dronezap probably carried by the United States killed five suspected al-Qaeda jihadists, including a local commander, in central Yemen's Bayda province Sunday, an official said.The US military is the only force known to operate armed drones over Yemen. An official in Bayda province said the five suspects were armed and in a car when the drone targeted them, and included a local jihadist leader known as "Dahab", gold in Arabic. He gave no further details. The United States considers the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000... (AQAP) to be the radical group's most dangerous branch. Drone attacks against AQAP intensified after US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... took office in January 2017. AQAP has flourished in the chaos of the impoverished country's civil war,which pits the Saudi-backed government against Shia Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-11-26 |
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