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| Thousands of Yemenis celebrate al-Qaeda evacuation |
| 2012-01-28 |
| [Yemen Post] Thousands of residents in the Yemeni town of Rada, which was taken over last week by al-Qaeda thugs, staged a rally on Wednesday to celebrate the Islamists's evacuation of their hometown. "No for immunity no for immunity," and "revolution, revolution until goals are achieved," The protesters chanted. They carried banners indicating their commitment to carrying on the peaceful sit-ins until all their goals are achieved. Al-Qaeda beturbanned goons evacuated Rada, some 170km southeast the Yemeni capital of Sana'a, late on Tuesday after the army issued an ultimatum that if they don't leave the security forces would break into the town and force them out. Al-Qaeda beturbanned goons took control of Rada last week and declared it an Islamic emirate in comparison to what happened in the southern restive province of Abyan in May. Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch has strengthened its foothold in the southern provinces of the country, apparently taken an advantage of a distracted and undermined government. US and Soddy Arabia have voiced their grave concerns over the unrest in Yemen for fear that the terrorist network would exploit the power vacuum and plan more terrorist attacks on their countries' interests in the region. US and Yemeni cooperation on the war against terrorism has been disrupted for more than 9 months due to the unrest storming the country, leading Washington to increase their drones on al-Qaeda hideouts in the trouble-torn country. Massive popular protests calling for Saleh's departure, combined by insurgency in the far north and anarchy in the south has rocked Yemen to the bone, leaving thousands killed, pushing the economy to the brink of collapse and triggering a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. |
| Posted by:Fred |