[Yemen Post] The army announced that 4 al-Qaeda Orcs and similar vermin had been killed in the southern trouble-torn Yemeni province of Abyan, according to local military source.The army has repelled an offensive carried out by islamists on the outskirts of Abyan's bustling provincial capital, Zinjibar, leaving 4 Orcs and similar vermin killed and destroying a military tank, the local source said, request anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the media.
Al-Qaeda, on the other hand, has denied that 4 of its men were killed in festivities with security forces.
Anasr al-Sharia, a terrorist group believed to be affiliated to Yemen-based al-Qaeda, took control of Zinjubar and declared it an Islamic emirate in May, but the army assisted by local tribes men managed to force them out 5 months later.
Elsewhere, al-Qaeda has targeted a high-profile intelligence officer in the southern province of Hadramout, killing the officer , one of his guards, and 4 Orcs and similar vermin in ensued clash.
Al-Qaeda has stepped up its offensives on the government and the army lately especially in the southern provinces of the country, apparently taking advantage of a distracted and undermined government.
Yemen is a vital ally of US in its war against terrorism, however, cooperation in military training has been disrupted due to the unrest storming the country, leading US to step up its drone attacks on the terrorist network's hideouts.
Like many countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Yemen has witnessed massive popular protests calling for putting an end to the long and autocratic rule of Yemeni 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...
, leaving hundreds killed, pushing the economy to the brink of collapse and triggering a humanitarian disaster.
Saleh has signed a deal in the Saudi capital of Riyadh which saw him relinquish power to Vice President, Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, the consensus candidate for the upcoming presidential elections due to be held on February 21.