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Drone strikes successful
All VoicesYemen: U.S. is escalating secret drone war in Yemen
March 29,
2012http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11819579-yemen-us-is-escalating-secret-drone-war-in-
yemen
The U.S. is revving up its drone war against militants in Yemen
with the support of the new
government there. The U.S. has ordered dozens of drone attacks.
The U.S. is particularly interested in
attacking bases of AQAP (Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula).
Back in Sept. last year drone attacks
killed the U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki who was a propagandist
for Al Qaeda. Later his son and nephew
were also killed in drone attacks. Since last May 26 attacks
have been recorded..There have been nine
attacks in 2012 already five in March. Thirty militants were
allegedly killed in 3 attacks on the city of
Zinjibar held by a militant group. The number of attacks this
year are comparable to the ten that have
taken place in Pakistan. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
in the UK haas estimated that as many
as 516 have been killed in drone attacks. Over a hundred were
civilians.
Multiple deaths in the last six months
RTT News AQAP Admits Death Of Top Leader In Yemen March 09,
2012http://www.rttnews.com/1837848/aqap-admits-death-of-top-leader-in-
yemen.aspx?type=gn&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=sitemap
High-ranking al-Qaeda leader in Yemen Muhammad al-Hanq died on
Sunday last, the Yemeni branch of
the terror network announced in a communique issued on
'Jihadist' forums. "Al-Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula (AQAP) announced the death of Abu Omar Muhammad
al-Hanq, a regional leader in Arhab
district in Sanaa province of Yemen," the SITE Intelligence
Group, which monitors terror-related
websites, quoted the terrorist organization as saying on its
website on Thursday. AQAP termed Hanq as
one of its "wise men" and "sheikhs of jihad." Hanq, who died of
an undisclosed illness, reportedlydodged American troops two years
ago after threatening Western targets. Yemeni authorities were
forced to close the British and U.S. Embassies in the capital
following the threats. The news of Hanq's
death comes after reports in recent years that he had either
been captured or killed. If his death is
confirmed, it will be the second major loss in the high ranks of
the terror outfit in Yemen in six
months.
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Stability now no risk from AQAP
GMA newsUS 'concerned' over Qaeda attacks in Yemen Pentagon
March 06,
2012http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/250445/news/world/us-concerned-over-qaeda-attacks-in-
yemen-mdash-pentagon
The United States is "very concerned" about the latest deadly
attack by al Qaeda militants in Yemen, butbelieves the government
will survive the assault, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. More
than 100
government soldiers have been killed in fighting after suspected
al Qaeda gunmen attacked military
posts in Yemen's south on Sunday, medical officials in Yemen
said. "We view Yemen as a very
important partner on counter-terrorism efforts and we're also
very concerned about the clashes that
have taken place there, to include AQAP (al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula) advances in certain parts in
the country," press secretary George Little told reporters,
referring to al Qaeda's branch in the region.
It was vital to maintain military pressure on the al Qaeda
network in Yemen, he said. "AQAP is a
group that has targeted the Yemeni government and Yemeni
civilians for quite a long time and it's
important we keep up the pressure on them," he said. But Little
said the Yemeni government has long
faced a challenge from the al Qaeda network and its hold on
power was not under serious threat. "I
think it's important to put this into some context. The Yemeni
government has faced challenges in
certain parts of the country for some time so I wouldn't
necessarily read anything at this point into the
stability of the Yemeni government," he said. "We're going to
continue to work with them," he said.
US officials are closely watching events in Yemen after Ali
Abdullah Saleh stepped down last week after
33 years as president. The new president, Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi,
pledged to destroy the al Qaeda
militant group in last month's inauguration speech.
Terror declining drone strikes
Damien McElroyUS drone strikes on Yemen escalate March 29,
2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/9171946/US-drone-strikes-on-Yemen-escalate.html
President Obama has, however, made plain his determination to go
after AQAP, which he has
described as "a network of violence and terror" that has
attracted a number of US citizens to its cause,
including the radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki. Awlaki was killed
last September, along with Samir Khan,
editor of AQAP's English-language propaganda magazine Inspire,
which had been blamed for recruiting
Western-raised youths to Islamic radicalism. Days later a
follow-up attack killed other militantsbut
also Awlaki's 16-year old son and 17-year old nephew. AQAP's
ability to speak to an English-language
audience was finished. Elizabeth Quintada, an analyst at the
Royal United Services Institute. said the
drone strikes had successfully damaged AQAP, having secured the
tacit backing of Yemeni leaders , but
still carried the risk of embroiling the US in Yemen's internal
turmoil. "The strikes in Yemen aregovernment-permitted if not
government-sponsored and are a very effective way to hit
terrorist
camps," she said. "But because there is a general uprising
against the government of Yemen there is a
concern about the accuracy of intelligence and groups using
America's firepower for their own
purposes."
