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Drone strikes kill eight suspected militants in Yemen
Source: Reuters
Drone strikes kill eight suspected militants in Yemen
By Mohammmed Ghobari
SANAA | Thu Aug 8, 2013 1:06pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. drone strikes killed at least eight suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen on Thursday, bringing the number of people killed by drones in less than two weeks to at least 25.
The strikes follow Yemen's announcement on Wednesday that it had foiled a plot by al Qaeda to seize two major oil and gas export terminals and a provincial capital in the east of the country.
Warnings of potential attacks have pushed Washington to shut missions across the Middle East, and the United States and Britain to evacuate staff from Yemen.
Witnesses and local officials in Maareb, a mostly desert region in the southeast where militants have taken refuge, said a drone fired at two vehicles suspected of carrying al Qaeda militants at dawn, killing six people.
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By Mohammmed Ghobari
SANAA | Thu Aug 8, 2013 1:06pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. drone strikes killed at least eight suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen on Thursday, bringing the number of people killed by drones in less than two weeks to at least 25.
The strikes follow Yemen's announcement on Wednesday that it had foiled a plot by al Qaeda to seize two major oil and gas export terminals and a provincial capital in the east of the country.
Warnings of potential attacks have pushed Washington to shut missions across the Middle East, and the United States and Britain to evacuate staff from Yemen.
Witnesses and local officials in Maareb, a mostly desert region in the southeast where militants have taken refuge, said a drone fired at two vehicles suspected of carrying al Qaeda militants at dawn, killing six people.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/08/us-drones-yemen-maareb-idUSBRE9770V720130808
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