Drone mistakenly kills 15 on way to a wedding

[spaminator]

Drone mistakenly kills 15 on way to a wedding
Reuters
First posted: Thursday, December 12, 2013 06:18 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013 06:26 PM EST
SANAA - Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al-Qaida 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-Qaida 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.
Stabilising 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.
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[Cliffy]

Another wedding party. Interesting. Ow well, just more collateral damage...

 

[Walter]

Saved an eight year old from a fate worse than death.

 

[EagleSmack]

Another wedding party. Interesting. Ow well, just more collateral damage...

Yup... yet another "wedding party"! One wedding party after another.

 

[petros]

Which al Qaeda are they attacking? Good al Qaeda or bad al Qaeda?

 

[EagleSmack]

Which al Qaeda are they attacking? Good al Qaeda or bad al Qaeda?

This would be bad Al Queda Petros.

 

[petros]

As long as they aren't firing missiles at good al Qaeda it's all good.

 

[MHz]

Saved an eight year old from a fate worse than death.

At least you removed all doubts about you being a full ****tard, in spades. The rest are about 20 ft behind you if they believe it was a mistake. Until they got to a wedding they had no idea where they were goin, the new trend is to target any group that reaches 12 or so.

Walter it's a good thing you weren't part of the exodus wars as you most likely believe rapes took place then (rather than they grew up as children and then got married and then lost their virginity). How many would you have raped for God and Country Walter?

 

[EagleSmack]

^

 

[petros]

I'm confused. What makes southern Yemenites a threat to America?

 

[MHz]

This would be bad Al Queda Petros.

When you guys are pulling names out of the big jar for the next terrorist group did it not occur to you that the name may have been submitted more that once and just because it came up again doesn't mean you can't pick again. Of course had it worked out they could have become the Mujahideen of the USSR era when they started life as the ones throwing acid in the faces of women who did not hide them in public, you know the ones your forked tongue says are the bad guys and they are because behind the scenes that is just what you give them a lot of taxpayer cash to do just that. Looks like history in this case as they won't win against Russia so Syria escapes and the dominos cease to fall so history has to record them as being 'bad'.

I'm confused. What makes southern Yemenites a threat to America?

They won't but the $45B in arms that they need to defend themselves .

^

Nice to see your child having a happy day for a change, .... just sayin .......

 

[petros]

If the Eurasians joined the USSR they'd have been better off as Bolsheviks?

 

[MHz]

Their economy crashed because they tried to arm an offensive Military that never used anything that was produced. Defensive measures are cheaper and at some point it is considered to be 'fully prepared' and then the money can be diverted to the social parts of society and that gains you nothing but hard-core patriots who can drive drones from any location in Siberia rather than grouping up for any possible drone strike ( or bigger). Europe would roll over to operate under their 'umbrella' if Russia has such desires, she doesn't, she already know the bigger you are the harder the fall is. Military goods aren't the only merchandise that people want and without a large military budget there is lots of 'free money'.

 

[petros]

The USSR dumped $Billions into A-Stan to modernize it then destroyed it all when they exited. Would they (A-Stan) have been better off without Western nations pumping money into the Mujahedeen and going Bolshevik?

 

[EagleSmack]

Nice to see your child having a happy day for a change, .... just sayin .......

That was supposed to be you... I knew you'd have trouble with that.

Looks like history in this case as they won't win against Russia so Syria escapes and the dominos cease to fall so history has to record them as being 'bad'.

.

Oooooo... Syria.... wow what a bloody grind that is. Have you seen the youtube videos! They are all flocking to Syria to fight. Good Al Queda, Bad Al Queda, Hammas, Hezbollah, FSA, foreign fighters, Iranians... money coming in from all over and more and more weapons.

What a slow long grind.

lol

 

[petros]

The Syrian question is: Will the Saudis get their pipeline to the EU?

 

[EagleSmack]

The Syrian question is: Will the Saudis get their pipeline to the EU?

Not with all the fighting going on... and it is bad and non-stop.

No matter how many billions the Russians invest the opposition numbers grow. They are already battling each other for control of areas the Syrian government has surrendered.

 

[petros]

The Saudis have cozied up to the Russians/Israelis who already have lines running. The US companies have sunk their money into Lebanon but were dead ended by Assad for some reason.

 

[MHz]

The Syrian question is: Will the Saudis get their pipeline to the EU?

... soon as they build it through Iran. Saudi will be using their new terminal for ocean going ships, that will be about it and most of that will be taken to pay for the war costs that that they backed and lost. Syrian will be the port for the products coming from off shore and the Golan Heights and the new find in the West Bank. Israel is so predictable, the West Bank find was on the wrong side of the wall so Israel becides to move the wall so they can claim the resources. Do they really think nobody will notice that and say something?

 

[petros]

... soon as they build it through Iran. Saudi will be using their new terminal for ocean going ships, that will be about it and most of that will be taken to pay for the war costs that that they backed and lost. Syrian will be the port for the products coming from off shore and the Golan Heights and the new find in the West Bank. Israel is so predictable, the West Bank find was on the wrong side of the wall so Israel becides to move the wall so they can claim the resources. Do they really think nobody will notice that and say something?

Have you seen their LNG trains? Longest trains in the world.


They are longer than the oil trains here in SK which became necessity after Obama wanted to up the kerogen content of the XL