#US #drone kills six in #Yemen
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Yemeni troops they take part in an offensive against extremists in the southern province of Shabwa, on May 7, 2014. (Photo: AFP / STR) Yemeni troops they take part in an offensive against extremists in the southern province of Shabwa, on May 7, 2014. (Photo: AFP / STR)
A drone strike in eastern Yemen killed six people on Monday, tribal sources said, in the first such raid since the army launched an offensive against jihadists last month. The pilotless aircraft targeted a vehicle carrying “al-Qaeda members” near Al-Husun, a village in Marib province, one source alleged to AFP. The United States is the only country operating drones over Yemen, but US officials rarely acknowledge the covert drone program. read (...)