US drone kills 2 Al Qaeda men

A US drone attack in southern Yemen killed two suspected A Qaeda members, the second deadly strike in as many days, security sources said Monday.

The drone on Sunday targeted a car driving in Habban, killing "two Al-Qaeda fighters and wounding their driver," one of the sources said.

The strike comes after an American drone attack on Saturday killed two other presumed Al Qaeda members in their vehicle in Marib province, east of the capital Sanaa.

Washington, which views Al Qaeda's Yemen-based branch as its most dangerous, acknowledged on May 7 that a "very small number" of US military personnel have also been deployed in support of the operation to retake former Al Qaeda stronghold of Mukalla.

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