A War of another Kind: Joint US-Yemeni Strikes on al-Qaeda kill 68

Juan Cole 04/22/2014

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Dozens killed as Yemen, US mount air war on Qaeda (via AFP)

An “unprecedented” US and Yemeni aerial campaign in Yemen killed at least 68 Al-Qaeda militants in a bid to head off attacks by the network’s local affiliate, officials said Monday. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been linked to a number…

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CNN reported on the earlier strikes last weekend: “Second deadly air strike in Yemen”

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page