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High-ranking military commander escapes assassination attempt in south Yemen
2012-03-12
[Yemen Post] A high-ranking military commander beat feet on Saturday afternoon an liquidation attempt in the southern port city of Aden.

Unidentified assailants opened fire on the car of the 120th coastal brigade commander in al-Mansoura district of Aden, however, no causalities were reported, according to security sources.

A local security source told Yemen Post on condition of anonymity that" brigadier Fatah al-Rahman Ali Daes was not in his car when a group of gunnies on cycle of violences opened a barrage of bullets on it", confirming "no causalities were sustained."

"The driver was in the car, but he managed to run away unharmed," the security source said, requesting anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press.

He said that the attack bears the hallmarks of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) as it was the only network that has targeted military officials recently.

Yemen-based al-Qaeda wing, which is according to the US administration the most active offshoot of the terror network in the world, stepped up its attacks on military and intelligence officials, taking an advantage of the current unrest storming the country.

Yemen has been in turmoil since February 2011, when unprecedented massive protests took to streets calling for an end to the long entrenched rule of former 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...

On Saturday, Yemeni Air Force launched Arclight airstrikes on al-Qaeda whereabouts in Jaar, a town in the war-torn province of Abyan and AQAP stronghold, killing at least 20 bully boyz and wounding dozens others.
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