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Yemen army takes strict precautionary measures after targeted by al-Qaeda
[Yemen Post]  Yemeni government confirmed on Saturday that it had taken precautionary measures to protect its security and army troops from the suicide kabooms, which has sharply increased lately.Ministry of Interior said it had instructed security and army personnel across the country to take precautionary measures and to be on the highest level of alertness of potential suicide kabooms. The soldiers were deployed in a way that will help foil any attack and minimize the losses in case a bombing occurs, according to the statement. Since February last year, al-Qaeda, which has taken over some swathes of land in the south of the country, has carried out several car boomings, targeting army and security troops in southern and southeastern provinces. The attacks left hundreds of soldiers killed and hundreds others maimed. The ministry raising level of vigilance coincided with media reports that gang suspected to be linked with the transnational terror network in the southern Yemeni province of Taiz, the cradle of the uprising against the 33-year-rule of 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... . Local media outlets reported that gangs believed to be linked with al-Qaeda are increasingly noticed in Al-Rahda area of Taiz, which is a province in the former north Yemen. Residents of Taiz voiced their concerns that the same scenario of Abyan, al-Qaeda stronghold, would be repeated in their city, calling on the authorities to shoulder its responsibility and force the beturbanned goons out of Taiz.The interim government announced on Friday that the police had managed to arrest some dozens of Africans suspected of being al-Qaeda recruits in the central province of Dhamar, some 90km south Sana'a, the Yemeni capital. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-18 |
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