Admin l Thursday, 22 December 2016
WASHINGTON – Not less than 28 terrorists were killed in Yemen in nine strikes against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula between Sept. 23 and Dec. 13, the U.S. Central Command has said in a statement.
“AQAP is a foreign terrorist organization with a history of attacks against the United States and its allies, including the Christmas Day 2009 attempted bombing of a commercial airliner in the U.S., and the January 2015 Charlie Hebdo office massacre in Paris,” Army Maj. Josh T. Jacques, a Centcom spokesman, said.
He added that strikes against AQAP in Yemen pressure the terrorist network and hinder their ability to attack the U.S. and our allies,” Jacques said.
According to the statement, on September 23, a strike killed four AQAP operatives in Marib near al-Bayda; September 29, in a previously reported strike, two AQAP operatives died after they were targeted in al-Baydah governorate
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The statement added that originally, Centcom reported one death and one injured in the strike but that it is now confirmed that the hospitalized terrorist later died of those injuries.
On October 6 a strike killed two AQAP operatives in Shabwah governorate but a week later in October 18, a strike killed six AQAP operatives in Shabwah. It added that in October 21, a strike killed five AQAP operatives in Marib governorate. The other strikes were recorded in November 20, during which a strike killed one AQAP operative in al-Baydah governorate and another strike in November 24, killed two AQAP operatives in al-Baydah.
In November 30, a strike killed three AQAP operatives in Hadramawt governorate and in December 13, a strike killed three AQAP operatives in Marib.
