tagged w/ al Qaida in Yemen
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This past week, the Obama administration urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit over its plan to assassinate a U.S. citizen overseas, saying that the case would reveal state secrets.This past week, the Obama administration urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit... more
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The US is facing fresh questions over its role in a deadly attack in late 2009 on an alleged Al-Qaida camp in Yemen. A rights group has published what it says is new evidence of US involvement in the strike. 55 people, including 14 women and 21 children, died in the attack, which also killed 14 alleged al-Qaida members.The US is facing fresh questions over its role in a deadly attack in late 2009 on an... more
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An air strike in Yemen supposedly targeting al-Qaida missed its mark and killed a mediator and his relatives, prompting members of his tribe to blow up an oil pipeline in clashes that followed.An air strike in Yemen supposedly targeting al-Qaida missed its mark and killed a... more
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The government of Yemen has admitted that an airstrike personally ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama last December killed more than 42 civilians, including many children.The government of Yemen has admitted that an airstrike personally ordered by U.S.... more
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International human rights groups are urging world leaders to pressure the government of Yemen to respect human rights and to not use the United States’ so-called “war on terrorism” to further violate them.
The activists say Yemen’s government is deceiving its international partners by presenting political activists as terrorists, citing the trials of people opposing the war in the country’s north as well as those members of the southern movement, which is demanding autonomy in the region.International human rights groups are urging world leaders to pressure the government... more
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Yemeni officials are dismissing the threat posed by al-Qaida in their country as exaggerated. The statements by Yemen's foreign minister, chief of national security and Interior Ministry came a day after President Obama promised to step up U.S. military intervention in the country.Yemeni officials are dismissing the threat posed by al-Qaida in their country as... more
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