Drone Kills 4 Suspected Militants in Yemen

An attack by an unmanned aircraft on a car in southern Yemen overnight killed four suspected al Qaida militants, residents and local officials said on Thursday. Those killed in the strike by a suspected U.S. drone in al-Mahfad in Abyan province included a man described by the residents as a mid-ranking local leader, Ahmed al-Kazimi. The occupants of the vehicle were suspected members of Ansar al-Sharia, a part of al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), one of the most active branches...

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