Dronestagram (all the info you need on the drone strikes)

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August 7 2013 - At least six people killed by the fifth drone strike in Yemen in two weeks, with six missiles fired at two cars in a remote area. The ongoing strikes are in response to a non-specific threat which sources told NBC could have been ‘an assassination, an assault on a drone base or another Western target’. An anonymous senior official said: ‘It’s too early to tell whether we’ve actually disrupted anything’ as the US closed 19 embassies in the Middle East and North Africa. Will McCants, a former State department counter-terrorism advisor and director at the Brookings Institute, said of the decision: ‘It’s crazy pants – you can quote me.’ #drone #drones #yemen (at Markha, Shabwa Province)


August 6 2013 - Four men killed in the fourth strike in 10 days, part of a coordinated response to an impending Al Qaeda attack, according to unnamed US officials. As many as five missiles were fired at the vehicle as it drove through the central province of Marib in the early hours, which “turned [it] into a ball of fire”. #drone #drones #yemen (at Wadi Abeeda, Marib Province)


August 1 2013 - A Toyota Hilux was targeted in a dawn strike, killing all four occupants, on the same day that Yemen’s President Hadi visited the White House to discuss counter-terrorism and political reform. Unnamed media sources claimed the dead were al Qaeda militants, but locals claimed they were civilian Al-Sai’aar tribesman, including one child. The bodies were too badly burned to identify. #drone #drones #yemen (at Wadi Ser, Hadramout)
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