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Qaida Suspects Free 21 Police Hostages in Yemen
[An Nahar] Al-Qaeda suspects freed 21 coppers they captured during a deadly attack against security personnel in southern Yemen last week, a security official said Tuesday."Al-Qaeda snuffies released the 21 captured coppers following tribal mediation," the official told Agence La Belle France Presse. A tribal source confirmed the release in Mahfad, a rugged mountainous region between the southern provinces 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... and Shabwa. He said the captors "received nothing in return." The snuffies captured the coppers in a Friday attack at a special forces camp in Maifaa, in Shabwa province. The attack, in which eight coppers died, was one of three spectacular assaults that killed 56 security personnel. The deadliest one was on an army camp responsible for ensuring security at Shabwa oilfields, and the third targeted an army checkpoint in al-Nushaima area. Troops foiled a fourth attack using a bomb-laden vehicle that was heading towards the key Balhaf gas terminal. Security was beefed up in Balhaf the following day, and witnesses reported Tuesday that Yemeni jets were still flying over the area without carrying out any raids. Posted by: Fred 2013-09-25 |
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