Airstrike (Possible US Drone) Kills Yemen Mediator, Tribes Hit Pipeline

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - An airstrike in Yemen targeting al Qaeda missed its mark on Tuesday and killed a mediator by mistake, prompting members of his tribe to blow up a crude oil pipeline in clashes that followed, a provincial official said.

The strike could heighten anti-U.S. sentiment and broaden al Qaeda's appeal among some influential Yemeni tribes, threatening efforts to stabilize a country neighboring oil power Saudi Arabia and busy international shipping lanes, analysts said.

The botched bombing of a U.S. airliner on December 25, claimed by al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing, spurred Washington to step up security help to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government, which faces multiple grave challenges apart from militancy.

The Yemeni mediator, who had been trying to persuade members of the global militant group to surrender, was killed instantly in a pre-dawn strike on his car in Yemen's mountainous Maarib province that also killed three other people.

A Yemeni news website seen as aligned with the opposition said the strike was carried out by a drone, a weapon that the Yemen military is not believed to have. U.S. forces helping Yemen fight al Qaeda have used drones in the past, but a U.S. diplomat declined to say if the United States was involved.

more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE64O0DF20100525

Is it time to leave yet?

We are just getting the Yemen War started.:mad:

according to the Edicts of the (so-called) 'War' on Terror.

this shit? Enough is enough.

Send lots of teen magazines to Sasha and Malia. If they get crushes on cute boys, the drones will have more important targets to chase. :silly:

I call them message controllers.

they do seem to have a system down pat for controlling the message.

Well, that's good enough for me. :D K&R.