Officials Confirm: U.S. Launched Missile Attack in Yemen

by Stephan Tawney on December 18, 2009

The United States military launched a missile attack in Yemen yesterday, reportedly hitting two sites: One terror training camp and one location where an imminent attack on the United States was being planned.

On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, administration officials told ABC News in a report broadcast on ABC World News with Charles Gibson.

One of the targeted sites was a suspected al Qaeda training camp north of the capitol, Sanaa, and the second target was a location where officials said “an imminent attack against a U.S. asset was being planned.”

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t recall the media repeatedly mentioning that Bush issued a strike order. I think they like to write, “On orders from President Barack Obama”. Probably gives them thrills up the leg.



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