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Yemen Qaeda Commanders Come through Iran
[Yemen Post] A number of Al-Qaeda leaders have recently relocated from Iran to Yemen, including former Kuwaiti front man Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a Kuwait newspaper reported on Wednesday.Citing a western intelligence report, Al-Qabas newspaper said the information came in the western confidential report that was passed to security officials in the Arabian Gulf states and other Arab countries. Many of Al-Qaeda gunnies in Afghanistan beat feet to Iran after the U.S. invasion following the 9/11 attacks, it noted, adding that the Iranian authorities nabbed some of them and some moved to Yemen and became commanders of the Al-Qaeda branch there. The newspaper said the relocating commanders included Kuwaiti, Gulf and Arab wanted suspects, but it did not say how they left Iran. Posted by: Fred 2010-11-12 |
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