Once again, the fucking amerikkkan drones have killed civilians on their way to a wedding. This time it happened in Yemen, whose government just can't seem to lick the yankees' boots fast enough. Of course, some media hacks are saying it was a fucking "accident", while others are saying that this is some sort of Al-Qaeda "stronghold". Either way, how many more of these "mishaps" are the people willing to take? Probably not too many. The asshole imperialists march into wherever the fuck they want, killing whoever they want to kill, and declare themselves the fucking "good guys". And this is exactly why they are losing their grip on their various fucking "interests" all over the world, and why they're losing the many fucked-up wars they seem to find impossible to resist starting. The laws of imperialism and profits at the expense of everything else is going to be their end. Good.
Air strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake: officials
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(Reuters) - Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday.
The officials did not identify the plane in the strike in central al-Bayda province, but tribal and local media sources said that it was a drone.
"An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another five who were injured died after being admitted to the hospital," one security official said.
Five more people were injured, the officials said.
The United States has stepped up drone strikes as part of a campaign against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), regarded by Washington as the most active wing of the militant network.
Yemen, AQAP's main stronghold, is among a handful of countries where the United States acknowledges using drones, although it does not comment on the practice.
Human Rights Watch said in a detailed report in August that U.S. missile strikes, including armed drone attacks, have killed dozens of civilians in Yemen.
Stabilizing the country, which is also struggling with southern separatists and northern rebels, is an international priority due to fears of disorder in a state that flanks top oil producer Saudi Arabia and major shipping lanes.
On Monday, missiles fired from a U.S. drone killed at least three people travelling in a car in eastern Yemen.
(Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)
