Yemeni air strike kills 30, targets home of cleric linked to Ft. Hood attack
By Sudarsan Raghavan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 24, 2009; 7:10 AM
SANAA, YEMEN -- Yemeni forces killed at least 30 suspected militants in an air strike early Thursday morning on an alleged al-Qaeda hide-out in southeastern Yemen, the second such assault in the past week, according to Yemeni security and government sources.
The strike appeared to target the home of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the extremist Yemeni-American preacher linked to the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood army base attack in November.
A Yemeni government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said al-Qaeda leaders were believed to be meeting at the house. It was unknown whether Aulaqi was present at the gathering, and, if so, whether he died or escaped, the official said.
Aulaqi has been linked to Maj. Nidal Hassan, the gunman suspected of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex., Army base on Nov. 5.
(More here.)
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 24, 2009; 7:10 AM
SANAA, YEMEN -- Yemeni forces killed at least 30 suspected militants in an air strike early Thursday morning on an alleged al-Qaeda hide-out in southeastern Yemen, the second such assault in the past week, according to Yemeni security and government sources.
The strike appeared to target the home of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the extremist Yemeni-American preacher linked to the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood army base attack in November.
A Yemeni government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said al-Qaeda leaders were believed to be meeting at the house. It was unknown whether Aulaqi was present at the gathering, and, if so, whether he died or escaped, the official said.
Aulaqi has been linked to Maj. Nidal Hassan, the gunman suspected of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex., Army base on Nov. 5.
(More here.)
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