Drones Kill AQAP Members in Yemen, Including Al-Aulaqi's Son
Drone strikes in Southern Yemen killed nine members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Friday, including Ibrahim al-Bana, the terrorist organization's media chief, and, according to tribal elders in the area, Abdul-Rahman al-Aulaqi, the son of Anwar al-Aulaqi, an American citizen and AQAP's former chief propagandist killed last
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Drone strikes in Southern Yemen killed nine members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Friday, including Ibrahim al-Bana, the terrorist organization's media chief, and, according to tribal elders in the area, Abdul-Rahman al-Aulaqi, the son of Anwar al-Aulaqi, an American citizen and AQAP's former chief propagandist killed last month in another drone strike (Yemeni authorities have not yet confirmed the younger al-Aulaqi's death). It's unclear whether the son was also a U.S. citizen.
Alan Z. Rozenshtein is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, Research Director and Senior Editor at Lawfare, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, he served as an Attorney Advisor with the Office of Law and Policy in the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.
