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Missiles kill eight militants in Yemen: residents
Source: Reuters
Missiles kill eight militants in Yemen: residents
ADEN | Wed May 9, 2012 8:08pm EDT
(Reuters) - Missile strikes killed eight militants early on Thursday outside a town in southern Yemen which is a stronghold of al Qaeda-linked insurgents fighting government forces for more than a year, residents said.
The strikes near the town of Jaar appeared to have been launched from the sea and some senior militants were believed to be among the dead, the residents told Reuters.
Government officials could not be immediately reached.
The attack was the latest strike against militants in the coastal Abyan province on the Gulf of Aden who have exploited mass protests against former president Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule to seize large swathes of territory in the south.
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ADEN | Wed May 9, 2012 8:08pm EDT
(Reuters) - Missile strikes killed eight militants early on Thursday outside a town in southern Yemen which is a stronghold of al Qaeda-linked insurgents fighting government forces for more than a year, residents said.
The strikes near the town of Jaar appeared to have been launched from the sea and some senior militants were believed to be among the dead, the residents told Reuters.
Government officials could not be immediately reached.
The attack was the latest strike against militants in the coastal Abyan province on the Gulf of Aden who have exploited mass protests against former president Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule to seize large swathes of territory in the south.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/us-yemen-missiles-idUSBRE84900K20120510
