US killed 3 AQAP operatives in pair of strikes in Yemen
By Bill Roggio | January 13, 2017 | admin@longwarjournal.org | @billroggio
The US military said it killed three operatives from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in a pair of airstrikes in central Yemen over the past two weeks. Both strikes, which occurred on Dec. 29 and Jan. 8, took place in the central Yemeni province of Al Baydah.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the operation in a statement released today and noted that AQAP “remains a significant threat to the region, the United States and beyond.” Previous CENTCOM announcements of attacks on AQAP described the group as “a Foreign Terrorist Organization with a history of attacks against the United States and its allies.
AQAP remains entrenched in southern and central Yemen despite the active targeting of the group and its leaders by the US for eight years.
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