{"id":38864,"date":"2013-12-14T08:33:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T13:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38864"},"modified":"2013-12-14T08:33:01","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T13:33:01","slug":"wedding-party-droned-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38864","title":{"rendered":"Wedding party droned in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been hearing about this the last few days, but Yemenis are pretty upset that 17 people of a wedding party in Yemen got their asses droned the other day. At first, it was billed in the media as a case of mistaken identity, but it turns out that there were indeed some members of al Qaeda in the perfectly innocent celebration, according to The LA Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The death toll reached 17 overnight, hospital officials in central Bayda province said Friday. Five of those killed were suspected of involvement with Al Qaeda, but the remainder were unconnected with the militancy, Yemeni security officials said.<\/p>\n

U.S. drone strikes have become commonplace in Yemen, where government measures have proven ineffectual against what is considered one of the most virulent Al Qaeda offshoots in the region.<\/p>\n

However, civilian deaths like those in Thursday\u2019s strike have inflamed popular sentiment against both the U.S. and the fragile central government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, that’s what I’d heard, too. Maybe if wedding parties don’t want to be droned, they’ll scour their guest lists for al Qaeda members. But, when I want the truth, I do what most of you do, I go to The Duffel Blog<\/a>, which reports;<\/p>\n

According to the Air Force, the now-suspended [teleworking] operator, whose name is being withheld for security reasons, was in the midst of both controlling his MQ-9 Reaper over a suspected enemy compound in Yemen while simultaneously playing with a kitten on his desk.<\/p>\n

Apparently the cat suddenly jumped on the keyboard, resulting in the Reaper launching half-a-dozen missiles at a wedding party, killing fifteen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds plausible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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