The raid targeted a house in Wadi Abida, in the central province of Marib, where the two unnamed Death Eaters were killed, the official said.
He said an arms cache in the house also went
kaboom!.
Witnesses said an unmanned drone conducted the air raid, just like in most U.S. air strikes that target al-Qaeda suspects in the Arabian Peninsula nation, which is home to al-Qaeda's most active branch.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is led by Nasser al-Wuhayshi.
In July 2011, he reaffirmed AQAP's allegiance to Ayman al-
Zawahiri... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as
the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is...
, head of the worldwide al-Qaeda network since the killing of its founder, the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now neither a strong horse nor a weak horse, but a dead horse...
, in May of the same year.