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Yemen: al-Qaeda denies death of fighters in Shabwa by US drone
[Yemen Post] Al-Qaeda denied on Sunday media reports claiming that joint Yemeni-American Arclight airstrikes in the southeastern province of Shabwa left some of its beturbanned goons killed, or maimed.In a blurb, Ansar Al-Sharia, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula wing in the country, said that no myrmidon was killed or maimed in the Arclight airstrikes in Bani Ashak area of Shabwa last night. However,
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local sources confirmed to Yemen Post that massive kabooms occurred last night and the its source was areas-held by the terrorists..Joint Yemeni-US Arclight airstrikes targeted on Saturday night the myrmidons' hideouts in Asaed andBani Ashak areas, 40 kilometers southwest Ataq, the bustling provincial capital of the province, local security source told Yemen Post on condition of anonymity.The security official said that the air strikes also targeted a training camp of the terror network, without giving any further details.Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch has expanded its hold in the southen parts of the country, taking an advantage of the current unrest in the poor Middle Eastern state.AQAP has taken control of some town in the south including, Zinjubar, the bustling provincial capital of Abyan, Jaar, and Moudia in Shabwa.The air strikes coincided with army shakeup decrees by President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi.
Posted by: Fred 2012-04-09 |
