What the records say
- When
- 2010
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 15.46° N, 45.33° E
- Description
- US airstrike on a local official in Yemen
- Date from
- year in its name
Placed at the town its title names, Marib.
2010 Wadi Abidah airstrike
United States airstrike in Yemen
On May 24, 2010, an airstrike conducted by Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the desert of Wadi Abidah killed three to four people, including Jaber al-Shabwani, the deputy governor of Marib Governorate, Yemen. Shabwani was a popular local leader and was attending a meeting to persuade a group of local militants to leave al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
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