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| Yemen Army Retakes Positions, Kills Dozens of Militants in South |
| 2012-05-27 |
| [Yemen Post] The Yemeni forces retook all positions from the cut-throats of Al-Qaeda and its offshoot, the Sharia Supporters, after fierce battles east of Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province in the south, military sources said on Saturday. All jihad boy positions in east of Zinjibar including Al-Marakid and Al-Mishqasa were recaptured and the cut-throats suffered heavy losses in the battles with two military brigades and tribal fighters, the sources said. "About 62 cut-throats including Somalis and other foreigners were killed, tens others injured and many others have fled to other parts leaving weapons and ammunition behind them," they said. On Friday, military sources were quoted by official media as saying that at least 65 cut-throats were killed in Abyan province at a time when the army is trying to invade the most notorious strongholds of the jihad boys: Zinjibar and Jaar. Several soldiers were killed and the army is determined to continue the offensive, which has been recently stepped up to clear the cut-throats from the areas seized last year, the sources continued. The Air Force participated in the battles, with Hundreds of Al-Qaeda cut-throats have been killed and injured including big shots since the army has expanded the operations to recapture key towns in Abyan. The US and tribal fighters are directly supporting the forces. |
| Posted by:Fred |