Breaking news out of Yemen where multiple news outlets are reporting two suicide car-bombs attacks today, one against a Shiite rebel checkpoint and another against the home of a Shiite rebel leader where the bomb detonated as a school bus was passing by:
BREAKING: Two car bombs in Yemen kill at least 15 students, 10 Shiite rebels south of Sanaa: http://t.co/TgSLTrftif
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/partycapr/status/544918829428932608
#BREAKING Yemen car bomb attack kills 25, including 15 children: security source
— AFP news agency (@AFP) December 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/zaidbenjamin/status/544914390915743745
British ambassador to Yemen:
I condemn the attack in Radaa #Yemen today. Indiscriminate killing of civilians is never justified. My thoughts with families of those lost
— Jane Marriott (@JaneMarriottFCO) December 16, 2014
Chairman Spectator Magazines:
Now a car bomb in Yemen's Radaa City kills at least 31 people inc. 20 children. Much of the Islamic world is clearly in crisis
— Andrew Neil (@afneil) December 16, 2014
“Clearly in crisis” puts it mildly.
More from Reuters:
At least 25 people died when two car bombs exploded in Radaa city in Yemen’s central province of al-Bayda, local and medical sources said.
The first car bomb exploded near a checkpoint manned by Shi’ite Houthi rebels while a school bus was passing, killing 15 students, sources said. The second car exploded near the house of an official in the area rumored to support Houthis killing ten, they said.
Radaa is a bastion of the Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
Flashback: Remember when President Obama heralded our counter-terrorism efforts in Yemen as a success?
Why #Yemen, as a counterterror 'success' for Obama, is changing quickly:http://t.co/x2andGAQmA @AlexisKnutsen
— AEI Foreign Policy (@AEIfdp) October 23, 2014
Yeah. That might need to be reevaluated.
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