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Explosions at security headquarters in southeast Yemen, soldier killed
[Yemen Post]  Two kabooms rocked on Saturday morning the Central Security Forces Headquarters in the southeastern Yemeni province of Hadramout, where at least 26 elite republican guards personnel were killed in al-Qaeda-claimed attack less than two weeks ago.Two grenades were hurled by unidentified attackers to the Central Security Headquarters in Al-Mukala, the placid provincial capital of Hadramout, according to security sources. The first grenade was thrown into the front gate, leaving one guard killed and two others injured. But the second grenade has only destroyed the fence without any life's losses, security source told Yemen Post on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media. The kabooms has triggered a wave of arrests by security apparatus and a heavy security presence across Yemen. The attack coincided with two booby-trapped vehicles targeting elite republican guards barracks southeastern province of al-Baytha, some 170km southeastern the Yemeni capital of Sana'a, leaving a soldier as well as two suicidal bombers killed. The attack in al-Baytha was claimed by al-Qaeda, according to Rooters, which cited a text message sent to it by an allegedly al-Qaeda source. Such attacks came only a few days after Yemen revealed intelligence reports that al-Qaeda plot to use 8 booby-trapped cars to target security and army brigades in Sana'a, Yemen's capital, and the southern port city of Aden. Al-Qaeda has took a great advantage of the political vacuum in Yemen as it has stepped up its attacks on military personnel and strengthened its foothold in the southern provinces of the country. Worried about the expansion of al-Qaeda, USA and Soddy Arabia have pressed the former Yemeni President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... into signing a deal that saw him transfer power in exchange for immunity from prosecution. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-04 |
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