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| Dozens of Somalis arrive in Yemen to back al-Qaeda |
| 2012-06-09 |
| [Yemen Observer] Some 50 Somalis arrived in the al-Qaeda stronghold district of Ja'ar to back the gunnies against military troops surrounding the area. A military colonel 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... capital, Zinjubar, said on anonymity condition, that the Somalis came by boat to Ja'ar district, which is now surrounded by military reinforcements in order to recapture the area. Linked al-Qaeda gunnies are battling the government's troops in three different fronts including Zinjubar, the capital of the province, which fell to the thugs' hand last year amid the security vacuum. The military source said that a couple of military brigades have been around Zinjubar since last month in order to retake the area. "But they could not make any progress fearing that they could be shot by al-Qaeda. They are using a hit-and-run tactic and guerrilla war. The same thing is happening in the neighboring Ja'ar district," The source said. The United States is baking the government troops in the offensive against al-Qaeda, setting up a drone campaign that has already killed a number of gunnies including leading al-Qaeda members. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Sounds like a target rich environment. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-06-09 00:25 |