World-News: 04 Mai 2013

Starmail - 4. Mai, 09:26

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Number of names on U.S. counter-terrorism database has jumped to 875,000

Starmail - 4. Mai, 09:19

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As US Drone Strikes Rise in Yemen, So Does Anger

The cleric preached in his tiny Yemeni village about the evils of al-Qaida, warning residents to stay away from the group s fighters and their hard-line ideology. The talk worried residents, who feared it would bring retaliation from the militants, and even the cleric s father wanted him to stop. But in the end it wasn t al-Qaida that killed Sheik Salem Ahmed bin Ali Jaber.

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Growing Anger Over American Drones in Yemen

''Mrs. Michele Obama: Tell us can your husband sleep after so many innocent people were killed by his drones?'' read a banner held by a Yemeni activist at a recent rally to protest increasing American drone strikes in Yemen.

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US kills four people in attack on Yemen

At least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle carrying suspected al-Qaida members in southern Yemen, a local official said on Saturday.

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US Kills Seven people in attack on Yemen

At least seven suspected al-Qaeda members, including the leader of the group, have been killed in a drone air strike in south Yemen.

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US Kills 7 People In Yemen

Two drone strikes killed seven suspected al Qaeda militants on Saturday morning. The official said the seven were in two cars driving in the al-Mahfad district of Abyan Governorate in southern Yemen.

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Anger at US drone war continues in Yemen

Four drone strikes in total, a few minutes apart, violently tore Salem, Walid and the three visitors to shreds. Amidst the pandemonium, villagers cowering inside the mosque ran out for safety between strikes, believing they would die inside.

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U.S. Has Nothing to Say About 10-Year-Old Killed in Yemen Drone Strike

Officials refused to comment on a June 9 drone strike in Yemen that allegedly killed a 10-year-old boy. It's the first prominent allegation of a civilian death since President Obama pledged in a major speech in May ''to facilitate transparency and debate'' about the U.S. war on al Qaida-linked militants beyond Afghanistan.

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'U.S. kills six people in Yemen

''A night drone strike targeted two cars of ''al-Qaeda militants'' in Wadi Dhiqa in Mahfad, killing the six people inside them," the official said.

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'US kills six people in Yemen

An apparent US drone strike killed six ''suspected'' Al-Qaeda militants overnight, a Yemeni military source told AFP.

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US kills another 3 people in Yemen

The official said the attack took place early Tuesday in the town of Saeed in Shabwa province and targeted a car carrying the suspected militants. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, gave no further details.

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US Kills Another 3 People In Yemen

A US drone killed four Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen yesterday, a security official said, the third such strike in five days.

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From Information Clearing House

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US Welcomes Yemen s President With Drone Strike on Yemen
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/01-6

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