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Saudi reports spike in infiltrations from Yemen
[Dawn] Saudi border guards placed in durance vile more than 19,000 infiltrators from troubled Yemen in June, nearly double the number caught the month before, a front man said Wednesday.The sharp increase comes as Yemen's security situation is rapidly unraveling. Yemen's president is being challenged by a five-month-old popular uprising that has emboldened al-Qaeda-linked beturbanned goons in the south of the country. Yemenis routinely try to sneak into Soddy Arabia, its wealthy northern neighbor, in search of jobs. Saudi border guards usually send them back, though smugglers among the infiltrators are put on trial. Saudi border guards have clashed several times with al-Qaeda beturbanned goons crossing the border between Yemen and Soddy Arabia's southern Jazan border region. Col. Abdullah bin Mahfouz, front man for Saudi's border command, said Wednesday that 19,145 infiltrators and 433 smugglers were placed in durance vile in June, virtually all from Yemen. Guards confiscated dozens of weapons, along with ammunition and drugs, the front man said. In May, just over 10,000 infiltrators were caught, according to government figures.Last year, some 180,000 Yemenis were caught trying to sneak into Soddy Arabia. Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, has a population of nearly 24 million. Posted by: Fred 2011-07-14 |
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