Tuesday, 31 January 2012At least 11 Al-Qaeda militants, including a number of local leaders, were killed in an overnight air strike in southern Yemen, local residents said.
They said an unidentified drone attacked the militants while they were traveling in two vehicles east of the city of Lawdar in Abyan Province in southern Yemen.
A tribal leader said at least four of those killed were local Al-Qaeda leaders. Residents said no civilians were hurt in
the air strike.
The United States has used drones repeatedly to attack Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen. Last September, a U.S. drone killed U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, described by U.S. officials as "chief of external operations" for Al-Qaeda in Yemen. |
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
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