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Yemen Air Raids Kill 8 Qaida Militants
[An Nahar] Yemen's air force raided al-Qaeda hideouts in the south, killing eight cut-thoats, the defense ministry said Saturday, raising to 40 the number of jihadists reportedly killed in two days."The Yemeni air force carried out two air strikes that targeted al-Qaeda positions on Friday... killing eight faceless myrmidons and wounding dozens," said the ministry's news website26sep.net. The raids were conducted in Abyan province, where 26sep.net reported that 32 faceless myrmidons and two soldiers had been killed in festivities late Thursday. Al-Qaeda has exploited a decline in Yemeni central government control that accompanied Arab Spring-inspired protests since last year and eventually forced veteran 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... to resign. The army, backed by armed civilians, has been battling the turban group's Yemeni branch, known as the Partisans of Sharia (Islamic law), over the control of Abyan province, most of which has fallen under the command of the Islamist krazed killers. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-22 |
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