US Drone Strike Killed Nine in Yemen
KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least nine people were killed in another US drone strike in Yemen’s southern province of Shabwa.
Local officials said on Saturday that the sufferers were al-Qaeda terrorists.
“Several drone strikes have targeted al-Qaeda positions in Nusab in Shabwa province, killing nine members of the network,” a Yemeni security source said.
A similar airstrike killed at least six militants in the same province, last month.
The Saturday drone strike came two days after Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) threatened that it will kill a US journalist Luke Somers who was abducted more than a year ago in Sana’a.
The US carries out targeted killings through drone strikes in several Muslim countries, such as Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Somalia.
The United Nations and several human rights organizations have recognized the US as the world’s number one user of “targeted killings,” mainly due to its drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
