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hey guys i'm abby martin welcome to breaking the set sad news to report today prominent yemeni activist even a human has died at the young age of twenty four been known causes during his all too short yet remarkable life by him fought for a better yemen by leading the crusade against an illegal and a horrifying us drone war that has killed as many as four thousand four hundred people to date according to bureau of investigative journalism his words from a two thousand and twelve op ed in new york times still resonate with the exact same power and today and he writes quote drone strikes are causing more and more yemenis to hate america and join radical militants they're not driven by ideology but rather by a sense of revenge and despair rather than winning the hearts and minds of yemeni civilians america's alienating them by killing their relatives and friends unfortunately before even it's even had.