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Yemen Seizes Parcel Explosives
 [Yemen Post] The Yemeni authorities seized explosives including Russian-made bombs inside a parcel that was sent from Hadramout...the formerly independent Qu'aiti state and sultanate, annexed by Communist South Yemen in 1968, encompassing a region along the Gulf of Aden, extending eastwards to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman. The people are called Hadhramis and speak Hadhrami Arabic. The city Tarimis estimated to contain the highest concentration of descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (PTUI) anywhere in the world, approximately seven in every square yard... province to the capital Sanaa on Friday, the interior ministry reported. "Half a kilo of TNT, two Russian-made bombs, a mine and 50-cm detonator were seized in Sanaa inside the package, which was supposed to contain henna," it said. Officials at the local land transport company which transported the explosives found the suspicious package and reported it to the authorities, the ministry said, adding an investigation has been launched into the case. The seizure occurred hours after official reports said Al-Qaeda bombers carried out early Friday suicide kabooms and raids on a military base in the southern province 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 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... killing at least 18 soldiers and injuring others. The incidents come amid an ongoing, massive hunt for Al-Qaeda forces of Evil across the republic in which many forces of Evil including big shots have been killed, placed in long-term storage Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! and injured in the past few months Posted by: Fred 2012-10-20 |
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