two Yemenis were beheaded at dawn by Islamist militants in southern Yemen for charges

two Yemenis were beheaded at dawn by Islamist militants in southern Yemen for charges of spying for American, Saudi and Yemeni intelligence, giving the United States information used to carry out drone strikes in the area. The Taliban-style executions took place in two different towns controlled by Al-Qaeda in presence of hundreds of local people. Yemeni Ramzi Mohammed Al Areeki, 30, was executed in Azzan, province of Shabwa, in the same place where American drones killed the 16-year old son of the American-Yemeni slain extremist cleric, Anwar Al Awlaki, in October 2011. Families of the victims of that drone attack were among the sympathizers and local residents who were chanting "Allahu Akabar, Allahu Akbar" as Al Areeki was being beheaded by the sword. For the second, the 28-year old Yemeni, Saleh Ahmed Saleh Al Jamily, was executed and crucified close to Khanfar Stadium in Jaar, province of Abyan. A few days before, in Zinjubar, Al-Qaeda executed a third man called Abu Eisa Hassan Naji Al Nakeeb, who was the money man for the two executed Yemenis.