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Al-Qaeda financier in Yemen arrested
[Al Arabiya] Yemeni security forces jugged in Sanaa airport al-Qaeda financier Saleh al-Rimi while on his way from Saudi Arabia, where he permanently resides. Meanwhile two intelligence officers were critically injured when a car owned by one of them exploded in front of the intelligence office in the city of Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan governorate in south-western Yemen. Three soldiers were also killed in an ambush set by al-Qaeda gun-hung tough guys and which targeted a military convoy on the road to the village of Mudiyah The village of Lawder witnessed sporadic clashes between Yemeni security forces and al-Qaeda gun-hung tough guys which left one soldier killed and one injured while the campaign to track down members of the terrorist group continued in the governorate. In Mudiyah, security forces jugged another suspect known for his links to al-Qaeda and found bombs, explosives, and wireless communication devices in his possession. The Yemeni Interior Minister Major General Motahar Rashad al-Masri that the security officer who killed a French company manager in Sanaa has links to al-Qaeda and declared the murder terrorist and not criminal as sources mentioned earlier. In the same vein, the Yemeni Interior Ministry offered a 20 million riyal ($ 100,000) reward for information on eight snuffies linked to al-Qaeda, state media reported Sunday. The eight are Amin al-Othmani, Bashir al-Haleesi, Shawki al-Baadani, Abul Ellah al-Mesbahi, Abdul Hamid al-Hubaishi, Mohamed al-Nasheri, Mosleh al-Haleesi, and Yusuf Zayoud. Yemeni authorities are currently launching expansive campaigns to track down al-Qaeda gun-hung tough guys in the governorates of Abyan, Shabwah, Hadramaut, and Maarib. Posted by: Fred 2010-10-18 |
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