Warlord
01-15-2014, 10:05 PM
(Reuters) - A Yemeni farmer was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Wednesday in what witnesses said was an attack apparently intended for suspected Islamist militants in southeastern Yemen (http://www.reuters.com/places/yemen).
Witnesses said the farmer was killed by shrapnel from two rockets fired by the drone early in the morning as he walked home in the village of al-Houta, near the city of Shibam.
A local government official confirmed the report but declined to give further details.
The United States has stepped up drone strikes as part of a campaign against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), regarded by Washington as the most active wing of the network.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-yemen-strike-idUSBREA0E0XQ20140115
Witnesses said the farmer was killed by shrapnel from two rockets fired by the drone early in the morning as he walked home in the village of al-Houta, near the city of Shibam.
A local government official confirmed the report but declined to give further details.
The United States has stepped up drone strikes as part of a campaign against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), regarded by Washington as the most active wing of the network.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-yemen-strike-idUSBREA0E0XQ20140115