The US drone strike today in Yemen was the first since one in the middle of the month which targeted a wedding convoy, killing 15 civilians. Today’s attack targeted a car in Hadramawt Province.
The strike destroyed a car, killing two people within. Neither were identified, but both were predictably labeled “al-Qaeda suspects” by the Yemeni government.
The Yemeni government has routinely called everyone killed in US strikes “suspects,” though almost none have been named, and was also quick to label the wedding convoy an al-Qaeda convoy before the truth came out.
The drone strikes largely target Yemen’s countryside, and locals have warned that the large number of civilian casualties are bringing considerable support to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), since they are seen as the primary opponent to the US in the area.
I think Obama is becoming a serial killer.
Yeah, he makes Ted Bundy look like a choir boy.
Why they don't go after so many 'suspects' at the white house, senate and congress? Don't believe
hoax. the 'war on terror' is nothing but HOAX to kill muslim and keep the dummies on board.
And AQAP is Saudi intelligence run, with US support from the start. Same with the AQM (in Mezzapotamia), or AQM (in Maghreb). AQ does not have a name conventions administration, and if indeed they were AQ it would be named by a movement or a person, but never, ever with such burocratic style. Back to AQAP, it was set up on purpose to give a reason for interference in Yemen, and to try to keep Hadramawth, along with other South Yemen provinces under the control od Sana'a. As the civilian toll mounts, the angry people are likely to join AQAP, not realizing that they will be stooges executing the kinds of provocations that will justify hitting on real target — secessionist. And to keep control over yet another sea straights — Bab Al-Mandeb.
It may be a huge waste of money for US taxpayer, although sweet income for military contractors. Because in the end, Hadramawth will get independence, as they had it since the days of Bible, and named as one of the seven tribes — mistakenly appropriated as tribes of Israel. Since many of its main supporters are the richest men of Saudi Arabia — and their money built up Mukalla city in a large city that it is today. Last time it was prosperity was in the days of Sibad the Sailor, and era that came to the end once Rome started using slave-powered ships in Red Sea, destroying caravan trade from Far East to Middle East. It is back to relevance for Al-Mukalla.
what a shame to bad it did not kill more of them!