How Obamas drone war is backfiring - Reuters
Obamas embrace of multilateralism, drone strikes and a light U.S. military presence in Libya, Pakistan and Yemen, they contend, has proved more effective than Bushs go-heavy approach in Iraq and Afghanistan. ���We will use force.. Critics inside and outside the U.S. government contended that a program that began as a carefully focused effort to kill senior al Qaeda leaders had morphed into a bombing campaign against low-level Taliban fighters. Some outside��.
Al Qaeda Is Capitalizing on Yemens Disorder, US Warns
Calling the situation ���obviously very unsettled,��� Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said that the war in Yemen had left a number of groups vying for power, including Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, also known as A.Q.A.P., an enemy of the United.
Al-Qaeda Yemen leader Wuhayshi killed in airstrike - Al.
In 2013 the current leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, appointed al-Wuhayshi his deputy. According to the United Nations, AQAP is responsible for attacks on the US embassy in Yemen, staging terrorist acts against��.
Monthly drone report, May 2015: US strikes kill at least 48 in.
A Pew Research Center poll finds strong support in the US for drone strikes; Three US strikes kill at least 34 in Afghanistan; The US continues to bomb Yemen in the midst of a brutal civil war; British drones flew 301 missions over Iraq from.. The scale and progress of this push into the Shawal were unclear, Reuters reported. The area.. It was meant to kill al Turki, then a deputy leader of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), as well as Ahmed Madobe a fellow ICU leader.
Al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen killed in U.S. drone strike
. Al-Qaeda militants dead from US drone strike. (File Photo: AFP). AFP, Aden. A U.S. drone strike killed three suspected al-Qaeda militants in Yemen at dawn on Tuesday in the second such attack in three days, a tribal source told AFP.. Several AQAP leaders have been killed in U.S. drone strikes, most recently the networks deputy leader Saeed al-Shehri whose death was confirmed by the jihadists on July 17. But, although weakened, AQAP still carries out frequent��.
Al Qaeda deputy leader killed in US bombing in Yemen
11, 2001 attacks on U.S. targets, Wuhayshi, a Yemeni in his late 30s, was named by Zawahri as al Qaedas effective number two in 2013. With a $10 million price on his head offered by U.S. authorities, Wuhayshi was also leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian .
Yemens Hadi says no negotiations with rebels in Geneva
Sanaa (AFP) - Yemens exiled president took a hard line Monday ahead of weekend peace talks in Geneva, ruling out negotiations with Iran-backed rebels and denouncing Tehrans dangerous meddling in his country.. Yemen is home to Al-Qaeda in the.
War on own goals: US drone offensive in Yemen bolsters Al.
Even possession of arms and lack of uniforms by the targets is not a clear indication due to large presence of militias in the tribal areas of the country, who may or may not be affiliated with the Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Back then intelligence provided by the Yemeni led to an American airstrike, which aimed to kill a senior militant, but instead assassinated Jabir al Shabwani, the deputy governor of the tribal Mareb province, along with five of his bodyguards.
US Releases Documents Recovered During Bin Laden Raid
An intelligence analyst told the French news agency AFP: Bin Laden at the time of his death remained focused on large-scale operations while other al-Qaida leaders believed smaller operations, or inciting lone terrorist attacks, could succeed at.
Benghazi link to US strike on uncatchable jihadist?
Libyan sources told Reuters the attack on a farmhouse in Ajdabiya city near Benghazi also killed seven members of the Ansar al Sharia terrorist group who had been meeting there. Ansar al-Sharia was blamed by the U.S. for leading the Sept. 11, 2012 .
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An air strike by a U.S.-led coalition flattened an entire neighborhood of a northern Iraqi town controlled by Islamic State militants, killing dozens of people including civilians, witnesses and security sources said. The strike targeted an ISIS bomb.
Intense Yemen bombing, Qaeda attack after UN peace call.
Sanaa (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for international action to end the Saudi-led air campaign on Huthi rebels as intense bombing hit Yemen again Friday and Al-Qaeda seized more ground in the chaos. Columns of smoke rose over an arms depot targeted by. against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Two suspected AQAP militants were killed in an apparent US drone strike in Shabwa province in the south overnight, a tribal source said.
Al-Qaeda militants attack Yemen-Saudi Arabia border post.
Suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists reportedly attacked a remote Yemeni military post near the Saudi border on Tuesday, killing several officers. The attack comes amid turmoil in Yemen which has already claimed���. Meanwhile, the US is speeding up weapons supplies and stepping up intelligence sharing with the coalition, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. Earlier on.. Reuters photo: with photographers name but no source given. ? Reply.
Yemens exiled president appoints conciliatory figure as deputy
Saudi Arabia and its Sunni Arab allies have been bombing Yemen for over two weeks, hoping to slow the advance of Iranian-allied Houthi militias toward the southern port city of Aden. United Nations Secretary-General Ban. How can Iran call for us to.
Yemens AQAP: Al-Qaedas most active arm
Sanaa (AFP) - Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is reported to have trained one of the two suspects in the deadly attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, is seen by Washington as the jihadist networks most dangerous branch.. Months later.
Yemen: Reported US covert actions 2014 | The Bureau of.
1 civilian reported killed. Either a farmer or an alleged al Qaeda member was reportedly killed in an early morning strike. This was the first report of civilian casualties in Yemen in 2014. Witnesses told Reuters drones fired two missiles but shrapnel hit a farmer walking home in the early hours.. Notorious al Qaeda bomb maker Ibrahim al Asiri and AQAP leader Nasser al Wuhayshi were initially reportedly killed either by drones or in the Special Forces ambush. There��.
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia trains Yemeni tribal fighters in war against Houthis.
This week 300 tribal fighters trained in Saudi Arabia were deployed back to their home area in the Sirwah district of central Marib province to fight the Houthis and managed to push the militia back, a Yemeni official source told Reuters. A Saudi.
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WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials released documents they said were recovered during the 2011 raid on the compound in Pakistan where U.S. forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. It is in. DUBAI/CAIRO - An Iranian cargo ship carrying.
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An air raid by U.S.-led forces killed at least 15 members of Al Qaidas Syria wing Nusra Front in the northwest of the country on Wednesday, a group monitoring the Syrian civil war said. The raid hit the headquarters of the group in Tawama village in.
Ten al-Qaida suspects and three civilians killed in Yemen.
Deputy governor of al-Bayda province assassinated this week. Yemen drone strike. An air strike killed 10 al-Qaida militants in central Yemen on Saturday, after an intelligence report said they were planning attacks on civil and military targets in al-Bayda province, the state news agency Saba said. The Associated. out the attack. AQAPs leader recently appeared in a video addressing a large gathering of fighters somewhere in Yemen and vowed to attack the US.
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A London taxi driver, convicted of making bombs which were used against U.S. forces in Iraq, one of which killed a U.S. sergeant, was jailed for life on Friday and told he would spend at least 38 years behind bars. Anis Sardar, 38, of. Insurgents.
12 Al-Qaeda suspects killed in 3 US drone strikes in Yemen.
Three additional suspected Al-Qaeda militants have been killed by US drone strikes in Yemen, raising Thursdays death toll to 12. It was the eighth such attack in the country in less than two weeks,���. Marib, one of the few places where AQAP leadership is known to congregate, is thought to be the home of suspected Al-Qaeda leader Qassem al-Raimi and Nasser al-Wahishi ��� once an aide to Osama bin Laden ��� along with other alleged militants. Yemeni military��.
Yemeni airstrike kills deputy governor, al Qaeda operatives.
The deputy governor of Marib province, five of his bodyguards, and two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives, including a local leader, were killed in an airstrike today, sparking retaliation from local tribes. Jabir al. Anwar al Awlaki, the US-born cleric who has been linked back to several recent attacks in the US, is currently sheltering in Yemen. Awlaki. The Yemen army had meant to bomb the farm but hit the deputy governors car instead, Reuters reported.���.
Two Qaeda suspects killed in Yemen drone attack
Text size A A A. AFP, Aden Friday, 17 April 2015. Two suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed overnight in Yemen in a drone strike believed to have been carried out by the United States, a tribal source said on Friday. The late night strike targeted a.
Yemen: Reported US covert actions 2015 | The Bureau of.
Sources from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) told reporters the dead were members of the armed group and identified them as: Awaid al Rashidi, a Saudi in his 30s; Abdel Aziz al Zindani (aka Abdel Aziz al Sanaani) a Yemeni.. References: AFP, Xinhua, Twitter, Yemen Times. YEM182 February 20 2015 ��� 2-3 reported killed. Two or three people were reportedly killed in a suspected US drone strike in southern Yemen. The attack destroyed the vehicle and��.
Only One of Six Al Qaeda-Linked Americans Killed by Drone on Purpose
Six Americans affiliated with al Qaeda have been killed by U.S. drone strikes ��� including those who died in bombings revealed by the White House on Friday ��� but only one of them was actually targeted. The government put a bulls-eye on Anwar al.
Al Qaeda Gains Sympathy In Yemen As US Drone Strikes A.
U.S. Congressman Alan Grayson, a Democrat representative in Florida, told Reuters that according to one U.S. official who served in Yemen, every drone death yields 50 to 60 new recruits for Al Qaeda... What youve got now is a more dispersed AQAP that focuses on guerrilla tactics and asymmetrical attacks against Yemeni forces, said Barbara Leaf, the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Arabian Peninsula, at a Congressional sub-committee hearing��.
Monthly drone report, May 2015: US strikes kill at least 48 in three countries
A new poll this month shows the American drone campaign continues to enjoy popular support in the US as seven strikes reportedly kill 48-56 people in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen... On May 27 Saudi air strikes across the border in northern Yemen.
Yemen: reported US covert actions 2001-2011 | The Bureau.
The dead included Al Qaeda leader Qaid Salim Sinan al Harithi, also known as Abu Mi (one of the alleged masterminds behind the USS Cole attack) and Abu Ahmad al Hijazi, a naturalised US citizen also known as Kemal or Kamal Darwish. Darwish, a... Klaidman reported that the deputy US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, the US ambassador to Yemen and the CIAs local station chief were among dozens who deliberated on whether to launch the attack.
O, bomber! Obama bombs 7th country in 6 years ��� RT USA
O, bomber! Obama bombs 7th country in 6 years. Published time: September 23, 2014 20:01. Edited time: October 02, 2014 08:43. Get short URL. U.S. President Barack Obama (Reuters / Adrees Latif). Trends. Islamic State. Tags. The death of 17 US navy personnel in October 2000, who were killed when the USS Cole was attacked in the port of Aden, Yemen, by Al-Qaeda, already put the country firmly on Washingtons radar. In November 2002, America needed no extra incentive to��.
Al-Qaeda confirms death of Yemen leader in American.
A handout picture released on 17 July 2013 by the Site Intelligence Group shows an image of al-Qaeda deputy leader in the Arabian Peninsula Saeed al-Shehri, aka Abu Sufyan al-Azdi. (Photo: AFP / Site Intelligence Group).
US operation kills Al Qaeda man who claimed Paris attacks
Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, a leader of the Yemeni branch of al Qaeda (AQAP), speaks as an image of the Islamic State flag (rear L) is seen in this still image taken from a social media website on January 14, 2015, which purports to show Al Qaeda in Yemen .