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Saudi jets join US in strikes on al-Qa'ida in Yemen
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sandy
Jan 5, 2013, 5:45:48 AM1/5/13
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SAUDI Arabia has joined the US in prosecuting an undeclared aerial war against al-Qa'ida in Yemen by providing fighter jets to assist Washington with its covert drone strikes against terrorist targets, The Times reported yesterday.
US drones are backing Yemeni forces combating militants of al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula, seen by Washington as the most active and deadliest franchise of the global jihadist network.
The Times cited a US intelligence source as saying that "some of the so-called drone missions are actually Saudi Air Force missions". Barack Obama has quietly escalated the number of attacks during his presidency.
Up to 228 people were killed last year by covert attacks in Yemen, according to the paper, including 26 in one attack by a suspected Saudi bomber in Jaar in southwest Yemen.
US drone attacks in Yemen tripled last year compared to 2011, according to the Washington-based think tank New America Foundation, and for the first time outnumbered those in Pakistan.
US drones are backing Yemeni forces combating militants of al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula, seen by Washington as the most active and deadliest franchise of the global jihadist network.
The Times cited a US intelligence source as saying that "some of the so-called drone missions are actually Saudi Air Force missions". Barack Obama has quietly escalated the number of attacks during his presidency.
Up to 228 people were killed last year by covert attacks in Yemen, according to the paper, including 26 in one attack by a suspected Saudi bomber in Jaar in southwest Yemen.
US drone attacks in Yemen tripled last year compared to 2011, according to the Washington-based think tank New America Foundation, and for the first time outnumbered those in Pakistan.
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