Sanaa: At least three suspected al Qaeda militants were killed and two others injured in a United States (US) drone airstrike on a vehicle east of Yemen’s capital of Sanaa.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the security officials said that the five targeted Monday were traveling in a pickup truck when it was hit in Marib, about 25 miles outside its main city with the same name. Two were killed on site, while another died hours later of his wounds.
Two of those killed were identified as Ali Saleh Toaiman and Qassim Nasser Toaiman. Both were members of the same clan and were among several hundred suspected Al Qaeda militants freed by authorities in April 2012 after several months in detention, the officials said.
The third was identified as Ahmed al-Ziadi, who is suspected of being an Al Qaeda leader in Marib.
Yemen’s government, aided by the U.S., has waged a campaign against Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen. The group is considered among the world’s most active, having planned a series of foiled or aborted attacks on U.S. territory.
The United States rarely comments on its military role in Yemen, but has acknowledged targeting Al Qaeda militants in the past.
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