U.S. missile attacks killed civilians in Yemen - rights group


  • World
  • Tuesday, 22 Oct 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. missile strikes, including armed drone attacks, have killed dozens of civilians in Yemen as the United States tries to crack down on al Qaeda in the country, a prominent human rights organisation said on Tuesday.

Human Rights Watch detailed in a 96-page report what it said were six "unacknowledged" U.S. military attacks on targets in Yemen, which either clearly, or possibly, violated international law.

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