Al Qaeda Resilient In Yemen Despite Drone Attacks

Extremism

While the current government in Sana’a is supportive of U.S.-led drone strikes, the attacks might be creating more radicals than America can kill.

Published Nov. 6 2012 4:45AM EST

articles/2012/11/06/al-qaeda-resilient-in-yemen-despite-drone-attacks/yemen-drone-strikes-baron_hpnlmc — Mohammed Huwais / AFP / Getty Images

In a defiant audio recording, Said al-Shihri seemed to have come back from the dead. In September, the Yemeni Ministry of Defense announced that they had taken out Shihri, the deputy leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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Al Qaeda Resilient In Yemen Despite Drone Attacks

While the current government in Sana’a is supportive of U.S.-led drone strikes, the attacks might be creating more radicals than America can kill.

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