The Yemeni Defense Ministry identified the slain media chief killed in an American drone strike in southern Yemen as Egyptian-born Ibrahim al-Bana. Also killed in the attack was 21-year-old Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, son of the prominent U.S.-born cleric, killed in a previous U.S. drone attack in September, Anwar al-Awlaki. Several other al-Qaida linked militants were also killed in the attack.

The drone strike was one of five carried out overnight by American drones on suspected al-Qaida positions in the Shabwa and Abyan provinces, according to security officials. They said two more militants were killed and 12 woundedin other strikes in the two provinces.

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