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On Thursday, Yemeni officials said the military intelligence in Zinjibar was poor and that army commanders were unsure whether most of the al-Qaida fighters there have been killed, simply fled the battle or retreated for tactical reasons and were preparing a counteroffensive. To the east of Zinjibar, Yemeni military officials said a suspected U.S. drone-fired missile struck two moving vehicles in the city of Shibam in the southern Hadramawt province. The officials said the strike destroyed one of the vehicles, killed its three occupants who were believed to be linked to al-Qaida, and wounded two in the second car. Also in the south, bodies of 11 Yemeni army soldiers and civilian volunteers fighting alongside the military were found after al-Qaida retreated from the area near the city of Lawder, officials said. The victims were believed to have been killed execution-style, they said. "Most of the areas surrounding Lawder are clear of al-Qaida now," one military official said. All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
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