Original sentence: A Predator, based in a neighboring Arab country, was used to terminate suspected al-Qa'ida terrorists in Yemen on November 3, 2002.The advantage of using a drone, rather than an manned aircraft in such cases, is to avoid a diplomatic embarassemnt should the aircraft be shot down and the pilots captured, since the bombings took place in countries deemed friendly and without the official permission of those countries.This marked the first use of an armed Predator as an attack aircraft outside of a theater of war such as Afghanistan
Edited sentence: A Predator, based in a neighbouring Arab country, was used to murder suspected al-Qa'ida terrorists in Yemen on November 3, 2002.The advantage of using a drone, rather than an manned aircraft in such cases, is to avoid a diplomatic embarrassment should the aircraft be shot down and the pilots captured, since the bombings took place in countries deemed friendly and without the official permission of those countries.This marked the first use of an armed Predator as an attack aircraft outside of a theatre of war such as Afghanistan