Legal Coordinator of Alkarama in Yemen, Mohammad al-Ahmadi, said that it is very difficult to believe the claims of the Yemeni authorities that they are the ones who carry out attacks on moving ground targets, as they are certainly American attacks. He pointed out that American attacks are not limited to drone attacks but include other technically sophisticated military means of participating in combat duties in Yemen.

The tribal leader, Mr Ahmad Said al-Zahab, who is a resident of the Radaa area which was targeted by the shelling, said that justice and equality are the best guarantees of the safety of the community from terror, whether that was the terror of states that use planes, or the terror of groups that use explosive belts. He said that he had attempted to address the problems in the area, but "every time we reached an agreement, they sent us their planes." He added: "These planes are not only for espionage, but also for war."