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AQAP Sets April 30 As Final Deadline To Execute Yemeni Troops
AQAP, alQaeda's branch in Yemen, set April 30 as the final deadline to execute about 73 soldiers who were incarcerated during raids on military posts in Abyan...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province in early March. In a statement distributed in Jaar, one of the cities held by faceless myrmidons in Abyan and quoted by media, the group said this deadline came after it had decided to execute the soldiers. The group declared the decision in public and put posters over the decision in Jaar on Monday, according to locals. Earlier, al-Qaeda demanded the release of its members held inside the political security jails in return for freeing the soldiers. Meantime, media outlets have reported the decision on the executions came after disagreements between leaders inside AQAP. Some leaders suggested releasing the soldiers but others saw AQAP has the right to determine their fate, reports said. The few days ago, two national human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... organizations warned the soldiers were facing the danger of execution. The HOOD and al-Karama organizations, which sent an activist team that visited the soldiers last year, revealed al-Qaeda was threatening to kill ten soldiers a week. The government has not made comment. The government is currently battling the faceless myrmidons in Abyan and other southeastern regions killing and injuring hundreds of them. With direct support from the US, the army in association with popular fighters has advanced toward towns, which were held by faceless myrmidons in mid-2011 including Zinjibar, the capital, taking over many areas and positions. In early March, faceless myrmidons raided some military posts in Abyan killing and abducting scores of soldiers and looting military equipment. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-24 |
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