A U.S. drone strike killed seven suspected al Qaeda militants Saturday in the Mareb province of Yemen, part of a continuing air campaign against the terror organization, security officials said.
The drone struck one of three vehicles carrying the suspected militants in the district of Huraib, the officials said. The other two vehicles fled the area unharmed and continued toward the southern Abyan province.
A heavy government presence was at the scene immediately after the attack and residents said thick smoke and flames could be seen from miles away.
Among the dead were three al Qaeda leaders, according to the officials, who called the attack a blow to the al Qaeda network in the country.
The strike occurred nearly a week after a senior operative of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was killed by a CIA drone strike and less than three weeks after a Yemeni-linked terror plot to bring down a U.S.-bound jetliner was foiled.
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note the word suspected. if they turn out to be innocent civilians will the obama administration face charges? thats what they did with soldiers under the bush administration. in removing the soldiers from the equation they must now take the blame.
@chrissy im just pointing out that your beloved president is a HYPOCRITE and has a GOD COMPLEX. if you ask me i will tell you i havent met a muslim that denounces al qaeda and terrorism.
Now that just made you sound racist hamsta, are you? And who in the hell came up with rules of war in the first place? I dont know about anyone else, but that just sounds like an oxy moron to me!
And define what you mean by *god complex* please.
Not me @ 6:49 or 6:50.
also hamsta, unless you are planning a move to another country, hes YOUR president too! And no where in this article did it say it was a deliberate act to kill. And as i previously pointed out, had that been the case all 3 vehicles woulda been blown up!
Sorry you feel that way banasy, but im sick and tired of taking crap from these two individuals, and i dont intend to sit idly by and take it today.
Do we go outside and cheer, dance in the streets, throw confetti in the air, what why or who makes not one lick of difference, just keep killing them and their associates; that's what you get paid to do.
@ fernace, damn good question! Idiots R US, i guess lol.
That is the big question, Fernace, is it not????
@ HIDE BEHIND, my sentiments exactly!
And for the love of God, no beer! Yuk! Lol.
So hamsta and philip, for all your flippin and trippin, when i ask you questions you disappear. How typical.
@chrissy,give em a break,they've been flipping so much,that SEA WORLD just looked at their auditions.I hear they might replace the seals.They're tryin out because they'd be cheaper help,not union and all.Is this a Romney outsource program!!But like I said all along, its got to tough being born with that stigma,being republican and all.Sooo, if your that tough,you must be that stupid ,take care Chrissy,it'll all come out in the wash...
chrissy, do you still like to drink vodka and turn tricks with banasy?
I know I do when I turn tricks with my mommy.
I'm glad the multimillion dollar toys are working ,its about time so we can replace our soldiers with these drones,and there's no suffering to them either,just batteries,the rechargable ones.Now to get immigrants to run em,now that's saving money,Romney style,ya know,outsourcing's not a bad thing ,right!Just make sure ya don't use McCain as a trainer for these pilotless drones,he has a habit of running into his own missile flack and crashing.He's five for five not bad,just costly.What a bummer and ya can't put a return address on it for them to ship it home,drats!!!