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Yemenis Kidnap 11 Soldiers to Swap for Relative
 [An Nahar] Yemeni rustics have kidnapped 11 soldiers, including two officers, and are demanding the release of a relative convicted of murder, tribal sources said on Wednesday.Members of the Al-Marakisha tribe, 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... , kidnapped two colonels and nine soldiers, to pressure authorities to release Ahmed al-Marakisha, the sources said. The man's son insisted on his father's release to set the captives free. "We kidnapped today (Wednesday) two officers, and yesterday nine soldiers on the main road in Ahwar, in Abyan. We demand the release of my father who is behind bars since 2008," he said. An army officer in Abyan confirmed the kidnappings. Marakisha faces a death sentence for murder. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-20 |
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