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| Yemeni strike kills 30, targets cleric linked to Ft. Hood attack |
| 2009-12-24 |
| SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni forces killed at least 30 suspected militants in an airstrike early Thursday on an alleged al-Qaeda hideout in southeastern Yemen, the second such assault in the past week, according to Yemeni security and government sources. The strike appeared to target the home of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the extremist Yemeni American preacher linked to the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood Army base attack in November. A Yemeni government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said al-Qaeda leaders were believed to be meeting at the house. It was unknown whether Aulaqi was present at the gathering, and, if so, whether he died or escaped, the official said. |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #2 BBC sez: AFP news agency quoted the security official as saying Saudis and Iranians had been at the suspected al-Qaeda meeting. "We are still unsure if two of the top leaders have been killed or not," Reuters news agency quoted him as saying. "One of them is the Saudi al-Qaeda member Nasser al-Weheshi." Another official told AFP that the suspected militants had been meeting to plan terror attacks in Yemen, in retaliation for Yemeni military air strikes carried out last week. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-12-24 15:06 |
| #1 Grain of salt. This is another "killed 30" report, and so is suspect. That is, a whole slew of different strike reports have all claimed to have "killed 30" enemy, all within the last few weeks, casting the information into doubt. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-12-24 13:35 |