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US drone strike kills 3 high-ranking Al-Qaeda commanders in Yemen
2019-04-02
[ALMASDARNEWS] A U.S. predator drone killed three high-ranking commanders belonging to the 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) group that is currently operating in Yemen.

According to reports, the U.S. dronezap killed the following al-Qaeda commanders: Abu Ammar al-Hadrami, Abu Abdullah al-Monzari, and Abu al-Fahtani.

The U.S. drone attack reportedly took place inside Yemen’s al-Sawma’ah District, which is located in the southern part of the country.

The al-Sawma’ah District is located in the eastern countryside of the al-Bayda Governorate; it currently has a large presence of al-Qaeda gunnies.

Over the last few months, there have been several reports of intense festivities between the al-Qaeda and Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) factions inside the al-Bayda Governorate.

Due to the ongoing civil war in Yemen, the two terrorist groups have been able to carve out their own pockets in the al-Bayda Governorate.

Posted by:Fred

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