Drone strike kills six suspected militants in Yemen

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A U.S. drone killed at least six suspected al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen on Wednesday, officials said, a day after U.S. and British embassies evacuated some staff because of growing fears of attacks.

It was the fifth strike in less than two weeks and follows warnings of potential attacks by militants that pushed Washington to shut missions across the Middle East, and the United States and Britain to evacuate staff from Yemen.

Witnesses and local officials in the province of Shabwa said the drone fired at least six missiles at two vehicles in a remote area some 70 km (50 miles) north of the provincial capital, Ataq. Both vehicles were destroyed.

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Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries, is one of handful of countries where Washington acknowledges targeting militants with strikes by drone aircraft, although it does not comment publicly on the practice.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/uk-yemen-security-strike-idUKBRE9760C520130807

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Washington's War in Yemen Backfires.

See Eridani's post here ; http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023420002

[bpollen]

1. Sure...

How do we know they are suspected militants? Because we hit them with drones! Death by drone confers automatic suspected militant, Islamist, Al Qaeda, or Taliban status.

[burnodo]

2. At least 6!

So, they're not sure

[Enrique]

9. because they're in Yemen

do YOU know anyone in Yemen who isn't a terrorist? I know I don't.

[UglyGreed]

3. Key word

suspected

[demosincebirth]

4. That's good enough for me.

[UglyGreed]

12. So you are fine with

killing innocent people, invading countries and causing more blow back because our government and military failed to protect us from 19 gang members flying planes for about 45 minutes in our air space.......... Good to know.

[demosincebirth]

13. Gee, you are making a whole lot of assumptions, just like many here on DU. Wow. Any way, if they

are "suspected" terrorists, that means there are six less that can kill, innocents, indiscriminately.

[UglyGreed]

14. Perhaps some of those people were innocent

without a trial we will never know will we???

[demosincebirth]

15. Yea, and "if" the dog hadn't stopped to shit he'da caught the rabbit, too

[UglyGreed]

17. Guilty until.....

dead. Good old justice working it's magic, the New American way.

[Nihil]

16. Sadly, at least one terrorist who "can kill, innocents, indiscriminately" (sic) got away ...

... as soon as he logged off his glorified XBox and went off for a beer
at the end of his shift ...

Hey, maybe the Yemenis should start randomly killing Americans in the hope
that they get this terrorist and thus protect the rest of the world from him?

It's only fair isn't it?

Isn't it?

[crim son]

6. That was my first thought. n/t

[wtmusic]

5. Well their skin was brown anyway

Advanced skin-color detection technology confirmed it.

FFS, look what we've become.

[askeptic]

7. Well, 1 suspect and 5 innocents - isn't this a terror tactic?

Seems like we're allowing only ourselves to use the tactic we've declared war on. Not to mention the killing of "suspects" - i.e. targeted assassinations.

If this were being used against us we'd be yelling about what cowards they are - afraid to meet us face-to-face! This reeks

[Enrique]

8. maybe one of them was their bomb expert

so we don't have to worry about that scary clothing bomb anymore. Or maybe they're saving him for last.

[dman85]

10. More drones, more ME countries....

I'm surprised there isn't more outrage on DU.

I know that we seem to have adopted the Bush Doctrine in the ME, but our country's acts in northeastern Africa, Yemen, and now Syria disturbs me.

[Maedhros]

11. Replace the words "suspected militants" with "teenagers,"

which are one and the same according to this Administration, and the article is more accurate.