After shooting Osama bin Laden, the U.S. wants to continue to hunt down leaders of Al Qaeda, particularly in Yemen. Several U.S. media reported on Saturday May 7, the firing of missiles from drones, made Thursday in southern Yemen, were intended to destroy the radical imam Anwar Al-Aulaqi, a senior Islamist group.
The attack was not a success, according to members of the Obama administration cited anonymously by CNN and The New York Times, since Al-Aulaqi, an imam of U.S. origin, is still alive. Two members of Al Qaeda would still have been killed by firing drone, the first attack claimed by the United States on Yemeni soil for almost a year.
A member of the tribe Awalak, cited by, confirms that the preacher to escape unharmed. "Anwar Al-Aulaqi and a Saudi leader of AQAP unharmed from a missile strike that targeted the vehicle they were traveling on board in Abadan," he said. The Yemeni Ministry of Defense confirmed the deaths of two leaders of al-Qaida in southern Yemen, without elaborating.
According to sources, the attack took place Thursday in the province of Shabwah in southern Yemen. This area is very popular with members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a group that Anwar Al-Aulaqi is one of the leaders. Citing U.S. officials on condition of anonymity, the New York Times suggests "a covert operation conducted by the Pentagon as part of a program to track down members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula." The radical preacher is suspected by Washington of having links with Nigeria's Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, author of the failed attempt of 25 December 2009 on a U.S.
airliner. It is also known to have corresponded with the American commander Nidal Hassan, accused of the shooting that killed 13 people on base at Fort Hood in November 2009. "It is on the same list as Osama bin Laden. It is at the top," said in December about her the Minister of Justice U.S.
Attorney General Eric Holder. According to CNN, the attack on Yemeni soil, which occurred four days after the attack against Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, was not helped by the discovery of new information at the residence of Abbottabad, Pakistan. The American press revealed last November that the U.S.
government has deployed for several months in Yemen Predator drones to track down elements of Al-Qaida, increasingly active in this country. Diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks in November had confirmed the involvement of the United States in an airstrike targeting Al-Qaeda, which had left dozens dead in southern Yemen in 2009.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh had agreed to conceal from the public about these operations. For more information: cnn. en 
The attack was not a success, according to members of the Obama administration cited anonymously by CNN and The New York Times, since Al-Aulaqi, an imam of U.S. origin, is still alive. Two members of Al Qaeda would still have been killed by firing drone, the first attack claimed by the United States on Yemeni soil for almost a year.
A member of the tribe Awalak, cited by, confirms that the preacher to escape unharmed. "Anwar Al-Aulaqi and a Saudi leader of AQAP unharmed from a missile strike that targeted the vehicle they were traveling on board in Abadan," he said. The Yemeni Ministry of Defense confirmed the deaths of two leaders of al-Qaida in southern Yemen, without elaborating.
According to sources, the attack took place Thursday in the province of Shabwah in southern Yemen. This area is very popular with members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a group that Anwar Al-Aulaqi is one of the leaders. Citing U.S. officials on condition of anonymity, the New York Times suggests "a covert operation conducted by the Pentagon as part of a program to track down members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula." The radical preacher is suspected by Washington of having links with Nigeria's Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, author of the failed attempt of 25 December 2009 on a U.S.
airliner. It is also known to have corresponded with the American commander Nidal Hassan, accused of the shooting that killed 13 people on base at Fort Hood in November 2009. "It is on the same list as Osama bin Laden. It is at the top," said in December about her the Minister of Justice U.S.
Attorney General Eric Holder. According to CNN, the attack on Yemeni soil, which occurred four days after the attack against Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, was not helped by the discovery of new information at the residence of Abbottabad, Pakistan. The American press revealed last November that the U.S.
government has deployed for several months in Yemen Predator drones to track down elements of Al-Qaida, increasingly active in this country. Diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks in November had confirmed the involvement of the United States in an airstrike targeting Al-Qaeda, which had left dozens dead in southern Yemen in 2009.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh had agreed to conceal from the public about these operations. For more information: cnn. en
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