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Fighters Fly Over Sana'a  
[Yemen Post] Fighters flew over some Yemeni towns and villages around the Capital Sana'a at low altitudes on Saturday, but they did not carry out any strikes, MENA said.

According to MENA, the war fighters flew over Sana'a to determine areas to which Al-Qaeda bully boyz escaped after the escalation of festivities against them in some areas of 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 Emirate after 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...
Military sources of the Defense Ministry said on Saturday that the army backed by the local committees killed 10 Al-Qaeda operatives in areas close to Jaar.

Yemeni military sources have denied any involvement of US land forces in fighting Al-Qaeda in several areas Abyan, pointing out that the Yemeni army backed by local committees made great advances.

According to the Christian Science Monitor, the Pentagon announced that it has begun sending US troops into Yemen.

The sources told the Middle East News Agency (MENA) that violent festivities continued between the army and Al-Qaeda bully boy nearby by the town of Jaar.

Yemeni Media sources had stated that military US experts were brought in to train anti-terrorism forces tasked with fighting al-Qaeda in some southern governorates.Sources told Yemen Post that the United States sent nearly 45 counter-terror trainers to Yemen this week in an effort to strengthen the Yemeni government's ability to fight al-Qaeda. Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin...
Chief of General Staff Ahmed Ali Al-Ashwal met on Saturday with the head of the U.S. Special Operations Forces Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo who is currently visiting Yemen.

They discussed fields of joint cooperation between the two countries' armies, in particular training, qualification, exchange of experiences and information and counter terrorism.
Posted by: Fred 2012-05-21
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