Posted on 11/04/2002 2:40:09 PM PST by Pharmboy
Official: CIA Killed Al Qaeda Suspects in Yemen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A missile fired by an unmanned CIA (news - web sites) drone hit a car believed to be carrying suspected al Qaeda members in Yemen Sunday and killed several occupants, a U.S. official said Monday.
Mon Nov 4, 5:18 PM ET A Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is seen with a Hellfire-C laser guided missile under one wing in this file photo from a February 21, 2001 test flight at Nellis Airforce Base in Nevada. A missile fired by an unmanned CIA (news - web sites) drone hit a car believed to be carrying suspected al Qaeda members in Yemen November 4, 2002 and killed several occupants a U.S. official said November 5. Six alleged al Qaeda members were believed killed including a key suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole (news - web sites). While the CIA is known to operate armed Predator aircraft, it could not be confirmed if the Predator was used in this attack. (USAFMC/Reuters)
The official, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters the American military was not involved in the attack, which reports from Sanaa said killed six alleged al Qaeda members, including a key suspect in a bombing attack on the U.S. warship Cole in Aden two years ago.
"As I understand it, it was an agency drone" that conducted the weekend strike, said the U.S. official, who did not provide any details.
The Defense Department and CIA refused to comment on the incident, but Yemen's news agency reported in Sanaa that a car explosion had killed six alleged members of al Qaeda. The radical Muslin group led by fugitive Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) is blamed by Washington for the devastating attacks on America in September of last year.
I gotta quote for ya:
"I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets."
-Ronald Reagan (b. 1911) Statement, 8 August 1983. Quoted in: Reagan's Reign of Error, "Temptation of Pride"
fark.com is a pretty funny website, although I imagine many conservatives would find it distasteful at times. Politically it seems independent, but they always make fools of protestors, and have a number of good photoshop artists on par with Registered.
"Achmed, we must be very careful if we see any silly looking model airplanes following us."
Let the Islamofascists chew on this thought. We are rush deploying essentially pre-production models straight into wartime production. This is how effective the system is when we are barely out of beta testing; now imagine when we really start digging into our bag of tricks to leverage these new platforms.
You can bet your last dollar that our boys have heard we were spotted by the farmers, and future generations will be specifically designed to be low-observable. Both visually and by radar. Also keep in mind the psyops value now of making every chance glimmer in the distance an unnerving experience.
NEVER fu#$ with a nation that gleefully puts cameras on bombs and missles !
No, they were going to claim it was a car bombing (by another terrorist group, no doubt)
Because I think Osama is so cute and dreamy. </sarcasm>
I don't have a problem with killing terrorists, I'm very much in favor of it. I don't like killing them on a political schedule.
This is a pretty minor offense, but it's still not a good thing. We betrayed Yemen's trust, that's not good.
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