December 17, 2009

Sources: 

NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/middleeast/18yemen.html
NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/world/middleeast/19yemen.html
ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/cruise-missiles-strike-yemen/story?id=9375...
Fox: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/18/launched-missile-strikes-al-q...
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10251954
AJE: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2010/06/20106653442608341.html
Amnesty: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/yemen-images-missile-and-clus...

Target: 
training camp
Drone/Airstrike: 
Air Strike
Total Killed (low): 
14
Total Killed (high): 
55
Militants Killed (low): 
14
Militants Killed (high): 
34
Leaders Killed: 
Unknown
Location: Village: 
Al-Ma'jalah
Location: Province: 
Abyan

Six months after this strike took place, Amnesty International released images of U.S.-made cluster bombs that had purportedly been fired by American naval vessels during this attack. Amnesty also reported that 55 people had been killed in the strike, 41 of whom were civilians -- mostly women and children.

Drone Map Point Size: 
28