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2 commanders killed in clash with militants: Yemen officials
[AlAhram] Clashes at a militia facility in southern Yemen...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... following the arrest of a group of suspected al-Qaeda turbans killed at least a dozen people, including two force commanders, officials said. The officials said the fighting took place late Thursday at the headquarters of the so-called Security Belt force in Dhale province. . The Security Belt is a militia trained and funded by the United Arab Emirates and loyal to the secessionist Southern Transitional Council. The force is active in Yemen's southern provinces. The militia reported that Col. Waleed al-Dhami, deputy commander of the Security Belt, and Col. Mohammed al-Shoubagi, commander of the government's counterterrorism unit in Dhale, were killed. It did not offer further details. The security officials said the nearly hour-long firefight erupted when troops asked the turbans to hand over their weapons. The turbans refused and shot up the troops, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief news hounds. Eight turbans and four security forces were killed in the fighting, including the two commanders, they said. There were a number of maimed troops who were taken to a hospital, the officials added. Al-Qaeda and Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group affiliates are active in several regions of war-torn Yemen and have taken advantage of the yearslong civil war to make inroads. The war pits Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets  ...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels against the internationally recognized government, which is aided by a Saudi-led coalition. The UAE is part of the coalition. The Yemen-based 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... has long been considered the global network's most dangerous branch and has attempted to carry out attacks on the US mainland. Related: Dhale province: 2020-03-18 A number Houthi militia elements including a senior leader were killed during clashes with #Yemeni Armed Forces in the west of Al-Dhale province Dhale province: 2019-12-30 Missile attack kills 9 at military parade in Yemen's south Dhale province: 2018-02-04 Bomb blast kills top military commander in S. Yemen Zoom Related: Security Belt force: 2022-03-16 Car Bomb in Yemen Targets Security Commander; 4 Killed Security Belt force: 2019-08-09 Two UAE-backed fighters dead in Yemen clashes Security Belt force: 2019-08-07 U.N. Accuses Yemeni Forces of Attacks against Northerners Posted by: trailing wife 2022-05-08 |
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