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| US Senator calls for drone attacks in Yemen | |
| 2010-01-14 | |
[Iran Press TV Latest] A senior US senator says Washington should consider using drones to launch airstrikes against what he calls "al-Qaeda extremists" in Yemen.
"It's everything from physical actions that could be accomplished in terms of use of drones or air attacks, it could be clandestine actions," said the senator. Levin, a top Senate ally of US President Barack Obama, said "if we really had high-value targets" then Washington would regard it as its right under international law to "unilaterally go after that target," AFP reported. He, however, said any airstrikes in Yemen would need to be done with either the support or endorsement of the Yemeni government. Both the US and Yemen claims that several hundred "al-Qaeda" fighters are operating in the country. The US has recently launched air raids against several targets in the country. While Washington claims that the attacks were aimed at pounding al-Qaeda hideouts in the country, local sources say the victims of the air raids were civilians. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION DAILY TIMES.PK > YEMENI CLERICS THREATEN JIHAD AGZ FOREIGN INTERVENTION [150 Clerics = COuncil of Clerics], warning that Jihad will become "obligatory" under ISLAM iff Non-Muslims = foreign milfors physically occupy Muslim Yemeni territory. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-01-14 23:09 |