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| US air raids on Qaeda arms caches in Yemen |
| 2012-03-11 |
| US drones bombed suspected Al-Qaeda arms caches in a hilly region in Yemen's restive southern province of Abyan on Sunday, witnesses told AFP. Six missiles targeted the suspected weapons hideouts in Jabal Khanfar, a hill overlooking the Abyan town of Jaar, which is controlled by Al-Qaeda militants, the witnesses said. "Two American drones fired four missiles at Jabal Khanfar while two others were fired from the sea" in the Gulf of Aden, a local official told AFP. He did not provide further details. Witnesses reported seeing columns of smoke billowing into the sky from the targeted locations and said that government buildings, now controlled by Al-Qaeda fighters, had been damaged. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The air strikes were carried out in the early evening, the witnesses said. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 "fired from the sea" You mean, like, cruise missiles? With half-ton warheads? Those aren't for dinky targets. Or half-ass results. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2012-03-11 23:06 |
| #3 Always a chance that it was Mahmoud the Weasel with another $2K tip. At least, that's the word I'd be spreading around if I ran the CIA. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-03-11 19:41 |
| #2 "Suspected Al-Qaeda arms caches" would indicate a probable planned and approved target. Intelligence gained from persistent surveillance or other means would have elevated the hidey holes to the top of the targeting priority list. Same platform that did the bombing could also conduct post blast analysis or what we used to call the Bomb Damage Assessment (BDA). |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-03-11 17:29 |
| #1 SF spotters on the ground? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-03-11 17:05 |