US Attack on Yemen Police Station Killed 50 -- News from Antiwar.com

US Attack on Yemen Police Station Killed 50 -- News from Antiwar.com

by Jason Ditz, July 15, 2011

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Yesterday’s report that the US killed eight in a combined drone and warplane attackon a Yemeni police station in the southern town of Wadyia has been dramatically revised upwards, with reports now putting the death toll at 50.

Yemeni reports say that thepolice station, which had been taken over by an opposition faction (which controls much of that province) and some media outlets termed all 50 slain as “al-Qaea militants,” though obviously their identities could not be confirmed.

The Ansar al-Sharia, the opposition faction in question, is accused of having close ties with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. They are also accused of having designs on taking over the major city of Aden, though their ability to do so is still very much in doubt.

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