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US kills eight ''militants'' in Yemen

''We heard three explosions rock the town'' he said, adding that a ''US drone'' carried out the strikes on a residence where they had been meeting. ''Eight militants were killed and their bodies were left in pieces,'' the source told AFP.

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US kills 11 ''al-Qaida militants'' in Yemen

The first of the two attacks took place on Saturday near the border of Marib and Shabwa provinces southeast of the capital, Sana a, killing six militants, including one Egyptian national, the Yemeni officials said. A second strike hit two cars in Marib, killing a further five ''al-Qaida-linked'' fighters.

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Drone strikes in Yemen: US expert warns of anti-western sentiment

Former CIA counter-terrorism chief says US military strategy in the region is forcing Yemenis into violent extremism.

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Yemen: U.S. troops directly guiding four-front assault on ''Qaeda militants'' for ''first time''

Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault on al Qaeda militants Tuesday, trying to uproot their hold in the south in an offensive Yemeni officials said was for the first time being directly guided by American troops at a nearby airbase.

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Suspected US attack kills 12 civilians in Yemen

Reports vary but between 14 and 15 people have been killed in a double air strike on the southern city of Jaar. Of these, as many as a dozen are being reported as civilians. Up to 21 civilians have also been reported injured.

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U.S. kills three ''militants'' in Yemen: official

A suspected U.S. drone attacked a convoy of Islamist militants in eastern Yemen overnight, killing three people, a local security official said on Thursday, as Washington intensifies its aerial campaign against fighters linked to al Qaeda.

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U.S. escalates clandestine war in Yemen

In an escalation of America s clandestine war in Yemen, a small contingent of U.S. troops is providing targeting data for Yemeni airstrikes as government forces battle to dislodge Al Qaeda militants and other insurgents in the country s restive south, U.S. and Yemeni officials said.

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U.S. special forces in Yemen

A group of about 20 U.S. special forces are on the ground in Yemen, helping the government fight insurgents in the south of the country, officials say.

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From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Yemen
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=clandestine
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+strategy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=special+forces
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=counterterror
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=detain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=torture
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Human+Rights+Watch
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=airstrike
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=insurgent
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=islamist
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al-Qaeda
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=militants
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths

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