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Suspected US drone strike kills 5 alleged militants in southern Yemen
Source: Associated Press
Suspected US drone strike kills 5 alleged militants in southern Yemen
By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, September 5, 9:05 AM
SANAA, Yemen — A Yemeni military official says a U.S. drone strike has hit a house owned by a senior member of al-Qaida, killing five suspected militants.
The official says a drone-fired missile struck a house Wednesday in a residential area on the outskirts of the city of Hadramawt. He says said the home’s owner, senior al-Qaida member Murad Ben Salem, was killed along with four other militants.
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By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, September 5, 9:05 AM
SANAA, Yemen — A Yemeni military official says a U.S. drone strike has hit a house owned by a senior member of al-Qaida, killing five suspected militants.
The official says a drone-fired missile struck a house Wednesday in a residential area on the outskirts of the city of Hadramawt. He says said the home’s owner, senior al-Qaida member Murad Ben Salem, was killed along with four other militants.
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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-5-alleged-militants-in-southern-yemen/2012/09/05/542b2c2e-f75a-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html
