Suspected Drone Strike Kills Eight in Yemen
by VOA News August 08, 2013
U.S. drone strikes killed at least eight suspected al Qaida militants in Yemen on Thursday, bringing the number of people killed by drones in less than two weeks to at least 25.
The strikes follow Yemen's announcement on Wednesday that it had foiled a plot by al Qaida to seize two major oil and gas export terminals and a provincial capital in the east of the country. They said the plot involved kidnapping or killing foreigners working there.
The United States shut diplomatic missions across the Middle East and Africa late last week because of the threat of potential attacks. This week, the U.S. State Department ordered its non-essential staff to leave Yemen, relocating them to the U.S. consulate in Frankfurt, Germany.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday during a speech to U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton, California that the nation is taking the threats seriously, but will not back down.
'As for these extremists, here's what those who would cowardly attack our civilians don't get. The United States is never going to retreat from the world,' he said. 'We don't get terrorized.'
The United States has shut down 19 embassies and consulates through Saturday, including the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a.
Those posts are in Amman, Cairo, Sana'a, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Dhahran, Jeddah, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait, Manama, Muscat, Antanarivo, Bujumbura, Djibouti, Khartoum, Kigali, and Port Louis.
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