US Defense Department acknowledges January 8th airstrike that killed a senior al Qaeda leader in Yemen. “The United States remains committed to eradicating the threats posed by al-Qaida and denying them safe haven.” – Peter Cook, Pentagon Spokesperson The airstrike happened during the night between January 7th January 8th in the remote area of al Bayda Governorate, Yemen, where US Intelligence sources on the ground had managed to acquire the whereabouts of a known high ranking al Qaeda in the Arabic Peninsula (AQAP), Abd al-Ghani al-Rasas. al-Rasas had been on the US terrorist watch list as a senior al Qaeda … Continue reading Ongoing US strikes target al Qaeda in Yemen as civil war rages on