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Military Officers Assassination Trend Continues
[Yemen Post] Military sources in the southern Yemeni province of Lahj announced today that military officers had been killed today in 2 separate incidents.Colonel Ameen al-Shami, a pilot instructor in the Air Force was killed in an kaboom today. According to local officials his car was booby trapped, leading for the vehicle to explode as the Colonel was leaving the military base. Although the Colonel was killed instantly, his passengers, both air technicians, were lucky enough to escape with their lives, badly injured and burned but alive. The 2 men are now being treated at a nearby hospital. Back in Aden, a jacket wallah claimed the life of an officer as it detonated its boom belt, injuring 2 others. "A suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives near a parked police vehicle outside the local office of the tourism ministry, killing one officer and wounding two others," the source said on condition of anonymity. A resident who witnessed the attack told the press that a fierce shootout followed the kaboom, as coppers thought they were being attacked. Security analysts in Yemen are warning that a dangerous trend is being established as military and coppers have become the preferred targets of alleged al-Qaeda snuffies in recent weeks. As president Saleh continues to fight for his political survival, "Ansar al Sharia" a group claiming to want to revert to a Koran-based ruling system, is gaining ground against the government forces, weakening their ranks through guerilla tactics. Posted by: Fred 2011-10-15 |
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