Feel good story of the day.
Via LWJ:
Unmanned US Predators and Reapers killed three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters during a raid in the terrorist-controlled city of Jaar last night. The strike is the third of its kind in Yemen by US drones in three days.
The US drones struck a weapons storage depot in Jabal Khanfar, a hill that overlooks the city of Jaar in Abyan province, AFP reported. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters are said to have moved weapons seized in last week’s assault on a military base in Al Koud to the location. In that assault, AQAP overran a Yemeni mechanized base in Al Koud, killing 185 troops, wounding over than 150, and capturing at least 55 more.
Three AQAP fighters were said to have been killed last night’s strike in Jaar. No senior terrorist leaders or operatives have been reported killed.
The US drone strike was followed by a Yemeni artillery barrage in Makhzan near Jaar, which resulted in the deaths of six AQAP fighters, AFP reported.
Last night’s drone strike in Jaar was preceded by two attacks by US drones on Friday night and Saturday. In the first strike, the Predators and Reapers hit an AQAP hideout in a rural area near Al Baydah, a city in the southern part of Baydah province. Abdulwahhab al-Homaiqani, an AQAP commander in the city, and 16 of his fighters were reported to have been killed in the strike.