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| U.S. Drone Targets Qaida Chief in Yemen, Kills Two | ||
| 2011-05-06 | ||
[An Nahar] A U.S. drone attacked a Saudi al-Qaeda leader in southern Yemen on Thursday, but missed and killed two local al-Qaeda members, a security source and witnesses told Agence La Belle France Presse.
When the two local Qaeda men rushed out in their own car, they were hit and killed by the drone. The security source did not specify that the unmanned aircraft was American and there was no official word from the Yemeni authorities on who carried out the strike. But the witnesses insisted it was a U.S. drone that fired the missile. The defense ministry confirmed the killing of two brothers, but did not elaborate on the circumstances of their deaths. Security sources identified the two brothers as Abdullah and Mubarak al-Harad. Witnesses said they saw a missile fired by an aircraft hit the two brothers in the province of Shabwa, where al-Qaeda is well entrenched. The men died instantly.
In Abyan -- another restive southern province where al-Qaeda is active -- nine people, including four coppers and a soldier, were killed in festivities between security forces and al-Qaeda gunnies on Wednesday, a security official and medics said. The authorities blame al-Qaeda for the violence. Clashes erupted when gunnies fired three mortar rounds at two police vehicles leaving the riot-police headquarters in the scenic provincial capital Zinjibar. Four coppers and a soldier who were passing by were killed, the security official said, adding that seven coppers were maimed in the attack and subsequent festivities in the town center. A medical official said four of 16 civilians who were admitted to the hospital "pegged out". | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 IIRC CNN AM > seems the US tried to take out Pro-Qaeda Cleric + possible OBL successor ANWAR-AL-AWLAKI wid DRONE STRIKES this past Thursday??? HMMMM, HMMMM ... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola1 2011-05-06 20:31 |