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Three killed in raid on militants in south Yemen
[The Peninsula] Two al Qaeda snuffies and a Yemeni soldier were killed on Friday in a raid by security forces on a residential building in the southern city of Dalea, local officials said. The security forces seized a large quanitity of weapons, the officials said without elaborating. There have been a succession of violent incidents in recent months in Dalea, a stronghold for separatists demanding restoration of the former socialist state of South Yemen, which merged with the North in 1990. Dalea province has seen regular but small-scale festivities between gunnies and government troops since late December, when a shell fired by Yemeni soldiers hit a funeral attended by separatists, killing 15 people, including children. Tackling lawlessness in Yemen, an impoverished Arabian Peninsula state bordering the world's biggest oil exporter Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , is an international priority. The United States views Yemen as a front line in its struggle against al Qaeda. Posted by: Fred 2014-03-29 |
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