Three suspected militants killed in drone strike south Yemen: official

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Three suspected militants killed in drone strike south Yemen: official

ADEN | Thu Aug 1, 2013 8:58am EDT

(Reuters) - At least three suspected al Qaeda militants were killed on Thursday in east Yemen by missiles fired from an unmanned aircraft, the third such strike in under a week, a government official said.

Drone strikes on suspected al Qaeda targets in Yemen are usually carried out by U.S. forces, although Washington does not comment publicly on the practice.

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The drone attack happened ahead of a meeting on Thursday in Washington between U.S. President Barack Obama and his Yemeni counterpart Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The two are due to discuss their "counter-terrorism partnership", according to a White House statement.

The Yemeni government official said that two rockets were fired at a car in the eastern Hadramout province carrying the three suspected Islamist militants. He gave no further details.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/01/us-yemen-violence-drone-idUSBRE9700QC20130801

[Scuba]

1. Foreign policy based on the philosophy of George Zimmerman.

[matthews]

2. Pretty much. Just like George, we don't know who we're killing nor do we care

if it's a child or an adult.