Drone strikes must end, Yemen's parliament says

[Ichingcarpenter]

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Yemen's parliament Sunday called for an end to drone strikes on its territory after a U.S. missile attack mistakenly struck a wedding convoy, killing more than a dozen people.

The nearly unanimous but non-binding vote was "a strong warning" to both the United States and the government of Yemeni President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi, a Yemeni government official told CNN.

"The Yemeni public is angered by the drone strikes," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he's not authorized to talk to reporters. "The people's representatives reflected on the tone of the streets."

That anger was further stoked last week after what Yemeni security officials said was a U.S. attack in southwestern Yemen last week. Intelligence reports had identified the targeted convoy as carrying al Qaeda militants, but the passengers were actually members of a wedding party, the officials said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/15/world/meast/yemen-drones/index.html?hpt=hp_t2


I'm sure the US will respect their parliament's wishes.

[countryjake]

1. They probably held that vote just to assuage the protesters...

that have been out blocking streets and creating general mayhem for the politicians. The public anger is real, the Yemeni government's not so much. Tho, I do hope that I'll be proven wrong about that.

[malaise]

2. A wedding fucking convoy?

This is madness

[ReRe]

3. But, but, but....

... if we stop the drones, then we can't give birth to terrorist enemies which we need a constant supply of so we can continue our war on terror into the indefinite future. What would USA Inc do without an enemy?

[RandiFan1290]

4. Time to end the Christianist terrorism!

Where is the UN?

[KG]

5. gotta keep up the mythology that 'al-quada militants' in a mid-east hinterland, like those

'commie guerrillas' in some SE Asian jungle, are a imminent threat to US 'freedoms'

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. Saudi Arabia might fall

as well as Saigon.

[Enthusiast]

9. It will be like a row of dominos.

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[Enthusiast]

8. A huge plus one! nt