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Government officials say off the record, this is not confirmed yet, but off the record, it could very well have been a u.s. predator drone strike. that is a u.s. government attack presumably a c.i.a. drone which are stationed in the area. there had been past attempts against al-awlaki, but by the united states government using that strategy, not going on the ground but from the air. but again, just from sources unconfirmed, this could very well have been a u.s. engineered strike. but again, yemen military saying they, in fact, did it. they have a lot to prove in this, guys, because their own g...

Guys and we've had it for sometime. we won't let go of it. >> we have momentum of a different kind. back in 2001, 9/11, we didn't have many of these drone things, not with the capability that we have today. fast forward to today, we're able to take these guys out as you track them 24/7, you've come a long way, baby, as they say in the commercial. >> there's a lot that goes into it. the drone is the execution, enables us to track a target and it may be the thing that kills the target as well but all the analysts that are behind that execution is extraordinary. >> that's right. >> our intelligen...

Predator drone. it's confirmed there were two drones and hell fire missiles. bill: by some accounts doubled. >> reporter: cooperation increased once president saleh was forced to leave yemen. he was treated in saudi arabia. there has been more intel from the yemeni intelligence agencies and they helped in this attack as well. bill: jennifer, when you get more information come on back. our lead coverage there from the pentagon. martha: the american-born

Were tracking his hp iimam in i. we had been following him with a drone every day 24/7. it's extraordinary technology that we had. there's a lot of -- there's a lot of information and intelligence that goes into the use of that technology and that's what's key. the information that gets that technology to act upon. >> try, if you can, general, for me to explain how this will affect the rest of the middle east with regard to yemen saying that they were behind this killing. i'm interested in that this morning because we think of yemen as an ally of america, right? >> well, i mean, yemen is almos...

May. doug lazader is here with more information. >> kind of shocking how fast this all came together when you look at the timeline here. al-awlaki has been killed. this has been confirmed by the government in yemen and by a senior administration officials. we're still looking to find out more about the actual circumstances of this but it appears to be an air strike and quite frankly possible that it was a c.i.a. drone that carried it out. that is something that's not confirmed yet but we know the c.i.a. was actively on the hunt for al-awlaki for sometime. not just because of the role that he p...