Yemeni jet mistakenly bombs army post, kills 30

Officials said the bombing, which took place on Saturday evening in the southern Abyan province, targeted an abandoned school used as shelter by soldiers of the armys 119th Brigade.The school is located just east of Abyans provincial capital Zinjibar, where militants linked to al-Qaida have been in control since May.Heavy fighting has been raging in the area for days as part of the armys monthslong campaign to seize back Zinjibar from the militants.The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information, said there were unconfirmed reports that militants arrived at the school soon after the airstrike and killed an unspecified number of the wounded.The 119th Brigade has rebelled against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to join the protest movement demanding his ouster. It is thought to have received significant support from the U.S. military to enable it to fight the militants in the south more efficiently.