[An Nahar] A U.S. drone strike has killed a local Al-Qaeda chief and his bodyguard in northeastern Yemen, a tribal source said Wednesday.The unmanned plane fired a missile at a vehicle transporting snuffies in the Jebel Jame area, in Jawf province, the source said.
The dead were identified as Moajab bin Aziz and his guard, Ali Hasan Hadhban.
Overnight Monday, four suspected Al-Qaeda snuffies were killed in a similar attack in Jawf.
The U.S. military operates all drones flying over Yemen in support of Sanaa's campaign against Al-Qaeda and has killed dozens of snuffies in a sharply intensified campaign in the past year.