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Interior Ministry to expand war against Al-Qaeda
[Yemen Post]  Yemen's Interior Ministry has declared its intention to expand war against Al-Qaeda, stating that it will not halt its fight against Al-Qaeda until the defeat of the organization. Violent festivities have been continuing for two weeks in Lawdar town of Abyan governorate between Al-Qaeda snuffies who attempt to take control on the town and rustics backed by the army. Al-Qaeda has been taking control on several towns of Abyan which include Zinjibar, the capital of the governorate, since May as it exploited Yemen's disturbance in the past year. In a statement, the Interior Ministry has affirmed that the war against terrorism will expand to everywhere Al-Qaeda or any other forces of Evil groups existed. It stated that Al-Qaeda received painful blows in Abyan, affirming that dozens of its operatives were killed and maimed. Local officials say that over 150 Al-Qaeda snuffies were killed during the recent festivities, but the organization denies that. The Interior Ministry highly appreciated the role played by rustics who formed what is called public committees to fight the krazed killers. Yemen's Defense Ministry said that air raids in a southern town have killed six Al Qaeda-linked fighters, pointing out that the raids were carried out early Wednesday against krazed killer positions in the southern town of Lawder in Abyan province. Military sources have said About 200 soldiers of US-trained Yemeni forces were sent to fight Al-Qaeda snuffies in Lawdar of Abyan governorate, reiterated that the former 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... had refused to send the US-trained counter-terrorism forces to fight Al-Qaeda. The sources said President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi had ordered to send forces to engage in street fight with al-Qaeda. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-19 |
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