US intensifies drone mission against Al-Qaeda in Yemen
The United States has reportedly intensified its strikes in Yemen and as Washington escalates its war on Al-Qaeda affiliate in the country.
According to military officials in Yemen, two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed 11 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern part of the country on Saturday.
Just two days earlier, two airstrikes in southern Yemen killed seven, including two top Al-Qaeda leaders.
And merely a week ago a drone strike killed Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso, the Yemeni al Qaeda operative responsible for 2000's USS Cole bombing.
According to ABC News, the reports came on the heels of an escalation in drone activity.
Last week, the Obama administration announced that they had resumed sending troops to Yemen to train the country's counter terrorism forces.
The move comes after a suspension of training following the political upheaval that ousted former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
According to the report, the escalation in drone strikes is not aimed at any one terrorist, but officials would undoubtedly like to get Ibrahim al-Asiri, a Saudi bomb maker adept at breaching aviation security.
U.S. officials believe Asiri is the man behind the underwear bomb used by a Nigerian man to try and detonate an aircraft over the United States in 2009.
Source: North America News.Net
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