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Traffic accident with a hellfire missile fired by a predator drone and they were killed. so the assistance to yemen to the united states has been ongoing for a long time. then in the recent past, we have the underwear bomber on christmas day 2009. a year later in 2010 we had the attempt to mail printer cartridges with petn, a powerful explosive. and the same explosive that the underwear bomber had. and those were destined for the u.s., specifically a jewish community center in chicago. so this has been a continuing attempt now in what has been in the peninsula to attack the u.s. they've probab...

From violent militants either inspired by or affiliated with al qaeda, a battle the u.s. may not be winning. >> i can't say that the -- you know, the threat is any less. i think our ability to discern it is much improved over what it was in the early part of the 2000 period. so i think that dispersion and decentralization actually creates a different threat and a harder one to watch and detect. >> reporter: in somalia, a u.s. drone fired a hellfire missile on sunday to try to kill ahmed gadani, the leader of the al qaeda affiliate al shabaab. in yemen al qaeda in the arabian

Where the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s attempted to capture a leader of al shabaab back in october but had to pull out before they apptuapp tu -- captured him. a u.s. drone fired the hellfire missile. they had help from u.s. and somali intelligence agencies. i'm told two people are thought to have been killed in the strike. u.s. officials are not confirming the identity of the target just yet. i'm told to expect more high-value target hits in that region in the near future, gretchen. >> so why is the united states so concerned about somalia right now? >> well, in essence because it has become a lawless...

And then on a van trying to aid the wounded. the video continues with another engagement, about 20 minutes later. >> to me, the most shocking part of the video comes at the end. >> i'm going to come around, get some more distance. >> roger that. you're clear. >> there's some confusion, maybe shots from nearby. all of a sudden, they zero in on a group of guys entering a building. >> there's at least six individuals in that building with weapons. >> we can put a missile in it. >> they say, let's hit it with a hellfire missile. they're getting ready to fire that missile, at the bottom left corner...

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