Air strike kills 15 civilian wedding party in Yemen after mistaken for Al-qaeda convoy

[Domingo Halliburton]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-yemen-strike-idUSBRE9BB10O20131212?irpc=932

(Reuters) - Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday.

The officials did not identify the plane in the strike in central al-Bayda province, but tribal and local media sources said that it was a drone.

"An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another five who were injured died after being admitted to the hospital," one security official said.

Five more people were injured, the officials said.

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 militant network.

Yemen, AQAP's main stronghold, is among a handful of countries where the United States acknowledges using drones, although it does not comment on the practice.

Human Rights Watch said in a detailed report in August that U.S. missile strikes, including armed drone attacks, have killed dozens of civilians in Yemen.

Stabilizing the country, which is also struggling with southern separatists and northern rebels, is an international priority due to fears of disorder in a state that flanks top oil producer Saudi Arabia and major shipping lanes.

On Monday, missiles fired from a U.S. drone killed at least three people travelling in a car in eastern Yemen.

US doing more for Al-Qaeda's PR...

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Well...the drone was accurate...the intel, not so much

 

[the cac mamba]

i dont even know what to say

this is fukkin terrible

 

[B86]

this shyt just keeps happening, but let one "terrorist" even say the wrong thing about the US, and we are going to war. These military fukk boys need to start being held accountable for their actions

 

[Type Username Here]

This is terrorism. Don't be fooled by the fancy wording calling it everything but.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Disgusting. America is the world's biggest terrorist.

 

[thekingsmen]

It wasn't a mistake....it was on purpose.

 

[Blackking]

It wasn't a mistake....it was on purpose.

basically.

lol, I hope we never get the auto tapes from the US drone controllers.... some fukking 28 year on Nevada was just having fun out there.

 

[Matt504]

basically.

lol, I hope we never get the auto tapes from the US drone controllers.... some fukking 28 year on Nevada was just having fun out there.

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[Kritic]

i dont even know what to say

this is fukkin terrible

 

[the cac mamba]

poorly executed, i would have gone with the youtube clip

 

[Kritic]

i doubt you give a sh1t about muslim ppl dying..

 

[Crakface]

Disgusting. America is the world's biggest terrorist.

So you dont support the troops?

 

[Matt504]

So you dont support the troops?

do you support the murder of 15 innocent people?

 

[Crakface]

do you support the murder of 15 innocent people?

If they're killed by the united states of course. And its also no one or nation i care about so Im sure there was a good reason to end that wedding early. The enemy hides like cowards behind innocents and sometimes they get plucked.