Yemen Bombs Undead al Shabwani’s Oranges
Starting to look like another stike when no one was home… One set of local reports indicate an orange grove was destroyed and no injuries or casualties, government sources say Faiz Bin Mo’aili, an Al Qaeda member, was killed, another reports say five civilians were injured.
SANAA — A Yemeni tribal source confirmed the air strikes in Erq Al-Shabwan village, in Maarib province, and said a number of people had been killed. Local forces were responding with anti-aircraft fire.
The wave of air strikes, which began in the morning, blasted the house of Ayed al-Shabwani, one of six Al-Qaeda leaders the government said were killed in an air strike last week, the tribal source said.
A military official, who would not be named, said there had been three strikes on the house and one on an orange grove near the village where the authorities think Shabwani had built a safe haven for dozens of Al-Qaeda members.
