[Yemen Post] The Yemeni army imposed a curfew in several areas in 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 coinciding with further intensified battles to retake key strongholds of Al-Qaeda jihad boys, the defense ministry reported on Monday.
The areas were Alam-Zinjibar-Shuqra road, Arqoub road, Ahwar road, Jaheen-Amain, Harour-Jaar road, Jaar-Zinjibar road and Khubar-Wadhi road. The curfew, which came into effect at 6:00 pm Monday, has been triggered by terrorist operations and aims to protect the locals, the ministry said.
"The move has been taken after faceless myrmidons have started to use car booms and boom belts to target civilians and innocents at roads and populated areas," the ministry said in a statement.
Earlier today, four pro-army fighters were killed when jihad boy jacket wallahs detonated their car at a checkpoint in the Lawder town. The tribal fighters have also thwarted another bombing attempt.
The army has warned any car violates the curfew will be targeted until a further notice.
In the meantime, military reinforcements have been deployed to recapture jihad boy-held towns including Shuqra, which has been used as a sea route for arms supply to the jihad boys.
In mid-2011, Al-Qaeda seized key towns including Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan, and the forces with direct support from locals and the US have recently stepped up the offensive to retake these towns.
The forces have so far cleared faceless myrmidons from some areas including Lawder.
Hundreds of faceless myrmidons including big shots have been killed and injured in Abyan and Shabwa in the past few months, amid the determination of the new government to eradicate terrorism from the country.