Yemen: US strike kills local al-Qaida media chief

[IamK]

Source: AP

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An American drone strike in southern Yemen has killed seven al-Qaida-linked militants, including the media chief for the group's Yemeni branch and the son of a prominent U.S.-born cleric slain in a similar attack last month, government officials and tribal elders said Saturday.

In the capital, meanwhile, forces loyal to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire on tens of thousands of protesters, killing at least nine and wounding scores, according to medical officials and witnesses.

The airstrike late Friday in the southeastern province of Shabwa points to Washington's growing use of drones to target al-Qaida militants in Yemen. The missile attacks appear to be part of a determined effort to stamp out the threat from the group, known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which U.S. officials have said is the terror network's most active and most dangerous branch.

The Yemeni Defense Ministry identified the slain media chief as Egyptian-born Ibrahim al-Bana. Tribal elders in the area also said the dead included Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, the 21-year-old son of Anwar al-Awlaki, a gifted Muslim preacher and savvy Internet operator who became a powerful al-Qaida recruiting tool in the West. He, along with another propagandist, Pakistani-American Samir Khan, were killed in a Sept. 30 U.S. drone attack.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/yemen-us-strike-kills-local-al-qaida-media-083407970.html

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1. Yemen: U.S. strike kills al Qaeda media chief

Source: CBS/AP

(CBS/AP) SANAA, Yemen - American drone strikes in southern Yemen have killed nine al Qaeda-linked militants, including the media chief for the group's Yemeni branch and the son of a prominent U.S.-born cleric slain in a similar attack last month, government officials and tribal elders said Saturday.

The airstrikes late Friday in the southeastern province of Shabwa pointed to Washington's growing use of drones to target al Qaeda militants in Yemen. The missile attacks appear to be part of a determined effort to stamp out the threat from the group, known as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which U.S. officials have said is the terror network's most active and most dangerous branch.

The Yemeni Defense Ministry identified the slain media chief as Egyptian-born Ibrahim al-Bana. Tribal elders in the area also said the dead included Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, the 21-year-old son of Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim preacher and savvy Internet operator who became a powerful al Qaeda recruiting tool in the West. He, along with another propagandist, Pakistani-American Samir Khan, were killed in a Sept. 30 U.S. drone attack.


Yemen's al Qaeda branch has claimed responsibility for dispatching the would-be suicide bomber who failed to blow up a Detroit-bound flight in December 2009 with explosives sewn into his underwear.


Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/15/501364/main20120883.shtml

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Job well done.

[rusty fender]

2. Yay! The tide is turning, victory is around the...

bullshit! It's is all done for the MIC.

Yeah, yeah, I know, chill the fuck out, he's got this!:woohoo:

[AverageJoe90]

5. Unfortunately........

the criminal & incompetent members of our military establishment will continue their obfuscation, lying, idiocy, etc...while REAL enemies DO plot against the people of this country........sometimes aided by these same people! UGH! What a fucked up world we live in........

[lunatica]

3. this has become US Foreign Policy

I am assuming and hoping the OWS will grow worldwide and eventually address this in it's own unique way. We need to stop the wars and we need to stop fomenting them with these unilateral drone attacks.

[vminfla]

6. what potential "war" was "fomented" with this drone attack

We have a few dead terrorists and a cooperative Yemeni government. Both the Yemeni Government and the US are satisfied with the outcome. What "war" was "fomented"?

[Harmony Blue]

4. Unfortunately they will have no problem finding a

replacement after the Yemeni security forces gunned down protesters.

[Tx4obama]

7. Kick n/t

[Imajika]

8. Obama has become quite the terrorist killer...

It really is funny watching Republicans try to grapple with this problem. It is leaving them completely befuddled that the President is doing a vastly better job of wiping out these al-Qaida people than Bush/Cheney ever did. All Bush could ever get was the 3rd in command guys once in awhile, and they were easily replaced. President Obama, on the other hand, is smacking down all al-Qaida's top fish on what seems like a daily basis - and he got Kaddafi too.