The other news site are reporting that the Yemen airstrikes were by that government

[ProSense]

NYT:

Yemen Opposition Says Govt Attacks Killed Civilians

Yemen said on Thursday that security forces and warplanes had foiled a planned series of suicide bombings by attacking targets including an al Qaeda training center in the southern province of Abyan and sites in Arhab district.

The troops killed 30 al Qaeda militants and arrested 17 in Abyan and in Arhab, northeast of the capital Sanaa, it said.

U.S. President Barack Obama called Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, saying the operation "confirms Yemen's resolve in confronting the danger of terrorism represented by al Qaeda for Yemen and the world," Yemen's state media said.

CNN - Source: Yemen airstrike kills al Qaeda deputy


Yemen:

Earlier, the Yemeni security forces had conducted a successful attack on a number of al Qaeda members in various areas of Yemen,34 of Al-Qaeda member were killed. Yemeni security sources said that A-Qaeda had intended to undertake a number of terrorist operations in Yemen.

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Aljazeera:

'Dozens killed' in Yemen raids

At least 34 people have been killed in raids on suspected al-Qaeda hide-outs and training sites in Yemen, security officials have said.

At least 30 suspected fighters militants were killed on Thursday in the area of Mahsad in the southern province of Abyan, Saleh el-Shamsy, a provincial security official, said.

Government forces killed four suspected fighters and arrested 17 others in a raid in the Arhab district, which lies northeast of the capital Sanaa, the Yemeni interior ministry said.

Those killed and arrested in Arhab "planned to strike at schools as well as interests at home and abroad," the ministry said, without elaborating.

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Also the RW site, aljazeera.com, is not the Aljazeera network site, which is Aljazeera.net.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

1. Edited. I take it back...

Warships launched missiles on Obama's order in joint operation with ally...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34485336/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

[Hannah Bell]

2. Seems like this has been going on a while.

with some confusion about who's doing what...

Saudi strikes kill up to 70...
by Jason Ditz, December 13, 2009

Saudi warplanes launched a series of air strikes against a market in Northern Yemen’s Bani Maan today, with witnesses confirming that at least 35 civilians had been killed and dozens injured.

The Shi’ite separatists that have been fighting along the Saudi border later insisted that the raid had actually killed 70 people and over 100 were wounded. Exact figures are impossible to ascertain with the Yemeni government blocking reporters from the region.

The Saudi government has yet to comment but the Yemeni government, always quick to make spurious claims about the situation on the ground, insisted they were actually the ones who attacked the market, and that every person in the market was actually a militant.

The Saudi military has been bombing the region off and on for over a month, as the rebels clash with patrols along the ill-defined border. Yemen’s government has repeatedly condemned the Shi’ite separatist faction, and has denied that any Saudi bombings took place, even when the Saudi government confirmed them.

http://news.antiwar.com/2009/12/13/saudi-air-strikes-kill-up-to-70-yemeni-civilians/

[ProSense]

3. The source for this is still dubious:

A Yemeni official contacted by ABC News insisted that the attacks were carried out by Yemen, not the United States. Yemeni forces also reportedly have targeted Al Qaeda in raids conducted at three locations.

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Frankly, I question the timing.

[WillyT]

4. Not According To ABC And Brian Ross

Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists
Cruise Missiles Launched Thursday Hit Two Suspected al Qaeda Sites; Major Escalation of US Efforts Against Terrorists
By BRIAN ROSS, RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW COLE, LUIS MARTINEZ and KIRIT RADIA

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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.
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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."

The Yemen attacks by the U.S. military represent a major escalation of the Obama administration's campaign against al Qaeda.

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Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/cruise-missiles-strike-yemen/story?id=9375236

And does Yemen even HAVE cruise missles???

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