Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
U.S. drone strike kills 8 suspected militants: Yemeni officials
Source: Reuters
U.S. drone strike kills 8 suspected militants: Yemeni officials
ADEN/SANAA | Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:13pm EDT
(Reuters) - Eight Islamist militants were killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday in a remote part of Hadramout, a Yemeni official said, the third such strike in the eastern Yemeni province this week.
Yemen's defense ministry said on its website that eight al Qaeda members were killed in an air strike on their vehicle in the isolated, desert district of Hawra. The local official, who declined to be named, said it was a drone strike.
The men were heavily armed, carrying machine-guns and explosives, the ministry said. The local official said the men were thought to have been on the way to carry out an attack.
It was not possible to verify the details independently given the remoteness of the region.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
ADEN/SANAA | Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:13pm EDT
(Reuters) - Eight Islamist militants were killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday in a remote part of Hadramout, a Yemeni official said, the third such strike in the eastern Yemeni province this week.
Yemen's defense ministry said on its website that eight al Qaeda members were killed in an air strike on their vehicle in the isolated, desert district of Hawra. The local official, who declined to be named, said it was a drone strike.
The men were heavily armed, carrying machine-guns and explosives, the ministry said. The local official said the men were thought to have been on the way to carry out an attack.
It was not possible to verify the details independently given the remoteness of the region.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/31/us-yemen-drone-idUSBRE87U13W20120831