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Dangerous Al-Qaeda operative killed in Lahj
[Yemen Post] Public committees formed from rustics in the southern city of Lahj killed on Monday Bassam Al-Sayed, the most dangerous Al-Qaeda operative in Radfan of Lahj governorate. Al-Said is pursued by Yemen's security on charges of committing murders and abductions. Eyewitness said festivities erupted between Al-Said and his followers, and rustics of the public committees on Monday, pointing out that Al-Said was killed and his followers managed to escape. Yemen's authorities set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock You have the right to remain silent... Al-Said in February 2010, but he could escape the prison in uncertain conditions. Local sources said Al-Sayed engaged with Al-Qaeda and continuously moved between Radafan and 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... after his escape, pointing out that his moves were constrained after the public committees set up checkpoints on main roads. The sources reradiated that the public committees set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock You have the right to remain silent... in late March eight Al-Qaeda suspects after receiving threats of a surprise attack by Al-Qaeda faceless myrmidons against Lahj, pointing out that Syrian and Saudi were among the arrestees. They affirmed that rustics handed over the faceless myrmidons to security services of Lahj that in turn transferred them to Al-Anad military camp. Ansar Al-Shariah repeatedly threatened to storm Yafa'a, a distrct of Lahj, and take control on the town, local sources said.The Yemeni army made progress against Ansar Al-Shariah in Abyan and could reach to the heart of Zinjibar after air-fighters launched strikes on the town.According to Yemen's Defense Ministry, most veteran leaders of Al-Qaeda including Fahad Al-Qasa were killed and some others could escape outside the governorate of Abyan.However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... Al-Qaeda killed and captured dozens of Yemeni soldiers on Monday two days after Yemen President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi vowed to defeat Al-Qaeda in Abyan, his birthplace province. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-08 |
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