US Yemen strike kills 9
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October 16, 2011, Sunday
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AN American drone strike in southern Yemen has killed nine al-Qaida-linked militants, including the media chief for the group's Yemeni branch and the son of a prominent United States-born cleric slain in a similar attack last month, government officials and tribal elders said yesterday.
In the capital Sanaa, 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 on Friday in the southeastern province of Shabwa points to Washington's growing use of drones to target al-Qaida militants in Yemen.
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 September 30 US drone attack.
The tribal elders, speaking on condition of anonymity, said four other members of the al-Awlaki clan also were killed in the drone attack. There was no immediate confirmation of the younger al-Awlaki's death from Yemeni authorities.
In the capital Sanaa, 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 on Friday in the southeastern province of Shabwa points to Washington's growing use of drones to target al-Qaida militants in Yemen.
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 September 30 US drone attack.
The tribal elders, speaking on condition of anonymity, said four other members of the al-Awlaki clan also were killed in the drone attack. There was no immediate confirmation of the younger al-Awlaki's death from Yemeni authorities.
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