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Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen kill 2 soldiers in Yemen
[YEMENONLINE.INFO] Two Yemeni soldiers were killed and two maimed when they were ambushed while on patrol by suspected Al-Qaeda gunnies in the central province of Marib, a regional official said Thursday.Marib has most of Yemen's oil and gas fields and has long been a battleground between various factions, including local rustics, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000... (AQAP) forces of Evil and other Islamists, and government forces. Now rustics say the province is subject to an advance by Iranian-allied Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... fighters, who took over the capital Sanaa in September and brought about the collapse of the U.S.-backed government last week. A CIA drone strike on a car in Yemen killed three suspected Al-Qaeda gunnies in Marib Monday, the first since the Sanaa regime stepped down, in a sign such U.S. operations will continue despite the political crisis. Houthi leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi said Tuesday his movement was seeking a peaceful transfer of power after the resignation of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, and urged all Yemeni factions to work together to that end. Posted by: Fred 2015-01-30 |
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