Yemeni forces killed 34 suspected Al-Qaeda members, including senior leaders, in a dawn raid Thursday in a remote mountainous region of Yemen's Shabwa province, a security source said.
"The raid was carried out as dozens of members of Al-Qaeda were meeting in Wadi Rafadh," said the source, referring to a rugged location about 650 kilometres (400 miles) east of the Yemeni capital.
The head of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wahishi and his deputy, Saeed al-Saudi Shahrani, were present at the meeting, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.
He added that "members of the group's leadership, including Saad al-Fathani and Mohammad Ahmed Saleh al-Omir, were among those killed."
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"Saudis and Iranians at the Wadi Rafadh meeting were also among the dead," said the source, without going into detail.
A second security source told AFP that the raid had been launched after locals had tipped the authorities off about the meeting in Wadi Rafadh.
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A raid earlier this month also killed 34 al Qaeda terrorist. Yemen appears o be getting good actionable intelligence and is putting it to good use. It also appears they are getting evidence of cooperation between Iran and al Qaeda. That could invalidate many intelligence assumptions.
Reuters reports that the imam who advised Fort Hood shooter is among the dead. His presence in the meeting suggest that maybe the US was providing some of the intelligence to Yemen. Fox News is also reporting that Awlaki was killed in the attack.
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