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A suspected U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen killed 55 militants Monday, in the third deadly attack on an Al Qaeda training camp in the area in several days.
Yemen's interior ministry says among those killed in an hours-long campaign of strikes on the camp in the rugged mountains of Mahfad between Abyan, Shabwa and al-Bayda provinces were three senior members of Al Qaeda. The ministry said the identification process for those killed is ongoing.
New drone strike in Yemen kills 55 Al Qaeda militants
The missions follow the recent targeting of suspected terrorists in the country. On Monday, a suspected U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen killed 68 people, a Yemeni government official said Tuesday, though a list compiled on preliminary DNA testing was not yet complete. The official emphasized that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leadership was not the target of the raid.
US personnel sifting through rubble on ground in Yemen after drone strikes, source says
Don Rothwell, an expert in international law at the Australian National University, said there had been fierce debate about the legality of the US drone program and whether it was a form of extra-judicial killing.
''From an international law perspective, aspects of the use of Predator drones remain controversial and the Obama administration has been under significant pressure over their continuing use of drones,'' he said.
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originally posted by: DarknStormy
a reply to: hounddoghowlie
Go fight them face to face.. Only cowards drop drones on peoples heads.
originally posted by: muse7
originally posted by: DarknStormy
a reply to: hounddoghowlie
Go fight them face to face.. Only cowards drop drones on peoples heads.
Other people would call that the "smart way"
originally posted by: DarknStormy
originally posted by: muse7
originally posted by: DarknStormy
a reply to: hounddoghowlie
Go fight them face to face.. Only cowards drop drones on peoples heads.
Other people would call that the "smart way"
So what? Go fight them face to face and see how smart you are.
originally posted by: muse7
originally posted by: DarknStormy
a reply to: hounddoghowlie
Go fight them face to face.. Only cowards drop drones on peoples heads.
Other people would call that the "smart way"
originally posted by: muse7
originally posted by: DarknStormy
originally posted by: muse7
originally posted by: DarknStormy
a reply to: hounddoghowlie
Go fight them face to face.. Only cowards drop drones on peoples heads.
Other people would call that the "smart way"
So what? Go fight them face to face and see how smart you are.
Lol why?
Why would we put our troops at risk when we have drones that can do their job?
originally posted by: hounddoghowlie
a reply to: DarknStormy
why? they don't really fight face to face if they can get out of it. using suicide bombers killing people that are just trying to get by while only managing to kill a few at the most of what they call their enemy. and you can damn well bet that if they had drones they would fly them, and target even more helpless people.
The ministry said the identification process for those killed is ongoing.