[MIDDLEEASTMONITOR] A United States dronezap in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
yesterday killed five al-Qaeda gunnies.
A truck carrying members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000...
was obliterated by the US dronezap, with the five fighters on board, including the commander, killed just before sunset.
Demolinari, an analyst who tracks incidents in Yemen, reported that the following fighters were killed; Nayef al-Damaji Abu Obeidah, Salah Hadi Al Lawdari, Shaib al-Lawdari, Nadaer al-Jaru and Shamil al-Jadani.
The US has not publicly commented on the dronezap or confirmed if there were any civilian casualties.
It has expanded its drone policy in countries where it is not officially at war. President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
has provided the US’ Central Intelligence Agency and Military with broader authority to strike targets inside Yemen, considering parts of the country "temporary battlefields".
US dronezaps in Yemen have killed 1,238 people and injured 300 since 2002, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operates in several provinces in southern and eastern Yemen, including Shabwa, al-Bayda and Abyan
...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues...
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