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Three Qaida Suspects Die in Clash with Yemen Troops
 [AnNahar] Three al-Qaeda suspects were killed in a clash with troops Wednesday in the southeastern Hadaramawt province, the scene of frequent attacks on the army, a military official told Agence La Belle France Presse.The suspects attacked troops setting up a checkpoint and camp on the outskirts of the historic city of Shibam, sparking a clash that left "three al-Qaeda Lions of Islam killed and two others maimed," the official said. Three soldiers were also hurt and the remaining snuffies fled, he added. On August 23, al-Qaeda suspects planted a bomb on a road linking the towns of Seiyun and Shibam killing three soldiers when it went kaboom!as an army vehicle passed. Earlier this month, six al-Qaeda suspects and three soldiers were killed in festivities in the restive province where the army has boosted its deployment. Yemeni authorities blame al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, branded by Washington as the turban network's deadliest franchise, for most attacks on members of the security forces. The group has on its part claimed several attacks on troops in Yemen. In late April, the army launched a ground offensive against AQAP in Shabwa and nearby 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... provinces, both in the south. The group is active across several parts of Yemen, having exploited the collapse of central authority during a 2011 uprising that ousted veteran president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it.... Posted by: trailing wife 2014-08-29 |
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