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From pharmboy: Please link to the six threads that mentioned the CIA and drone used in this excellent operatrion. I did a search and found not one. Thank yew.

Here it is:

Official: CIA Killed Al Qaeda Suspects in Yemen

Posted by Pharmboy
On 11/04/2002 2:40 PM PST

Reuters ^ | 11-4-02 | Anon
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...

Al Qaeda suspect killed in Yemen blast (CNN is reporting it was a US missile)

Posted by Oldeconomybuyer
On 11/04/2002 12:43 PM PST

Reuters ^ | 11-4-02 | By Mohammad Sudam
SANAA (Reuters) - A car explosion in Yemen has killed six alleged members of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, including a key suspect in an attack on a U.S. warship in Aden two years ago, Yemen's news agency said. Arabic television channel al-Jazeera quoted witnesses as saying a helicopter had blown up the car on Sunday. Witnesses told Reuters they saw an army helicopter in the air at the time of the blast but could not confirm it had attacked the car. Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, is keen to shake off its image...

Cole attack suspect killed in Yemen

Posted by Bobby777
On 11/04/2002 10:19 AM PST

MSNBC.Com ^ | SAN'A, Yemen, Nov. 4 | NBC, MSNBC AND NEWS SERVICES
Car explosion kill 6 alleged al-Qaida members NBC, MSNBC AND NEWS SERVICES SAN'A, Yemen, Nov. 4 — Six al-Qaida suspects were killed Monday when the car they were traveling in blew up in northwest Yemen in an area where authorities believe the terror group is active, Yemeni security officials said. They included a suspect in the al-Qaida linked attack two years ago on the U.S. warship in a Yemeni port.

'Six al-Qa'ida suspects' killed in Yemen explosion

Posted by Oldeconomybuyer
On 11/04/2002 4:00 AM PST

Associated Press ^ | 11-4-02 | By Ahmen AlHaj
Six al-Qa'ida suspects were killed today when their car blew up in Yemen, security officials said. The blast occurred at dawn in the northern province of Marib, about 100 miles east of the capital San'a. "Authorities had been monitoring this particular car for a while and we believe those men belonged to al–Qa'ida terror network," he said. Another security official said investigators weren't able to identify the bodies, but given the magnitude of the explosion, they believed the men belonged to a radical Islamic group. It was unclear how the blast happened. The official said the car was moving when...

Leading Al Qaeda Suspect Killed in Yemen Car Blast

Posted by kattracks
On 11/04/2002 2:49 AM PST

Reuters | 11/04/02
SANAA (Reuters) - Six alleged al Qaeda members, including one of the main suspects being hunted by Yemen for alleged links to Osama bin Laden, were killed when their car exploded, a source close to Yemen's government said on Monday.The source told Reuters that it was not yet clear what had caused Sunday's car explosion in the Marib oil-producing province, 170 km (105 miles) east of the capital Sanaa. But he said the car appeared to have been carrying explosives.He said Ali Qaed Senyan al-Harthi, also known as Abu Ali, was one of the men in the car, all...

Six People Die in Yemen Car Explosion

Posted by kattracks
On 11/04/2002 1:44 AM PST

AP | 11/04/02 | AHMED AL-HAJ
SAN'A, Yemen, Nov 04, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Six suspected Muslim militants were killed Monday in a car explosion, a security official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the blast occurred at dawn in the northern province of Marib, about 100 miles northwest of the capital San'a. "Investigators haven't been able to identify the bodies yet but given the magnitude of the explosion, they believe the men belonged to a radical Islamic group," the official said, without elaborating. It was unclear how the blast happened. The official said the car was moving when it exploded,...