A security official said unidentified gunmen assassinated a security officer, Jaber Hadi Jaadan, in western of Sanaa on Friday. The official said he did not know the reason behind the killing, but noted that it fell within a pattern of recent attacks on senior army and security officers by Al-Qaeda militants.| But he doesn't know why... |
Earlier this month, Col. Abdullah Al-Maouzaei, charged with hunting down members of Al-Qaeda, was killed when his vehicle blew up as he turned on the ignition outside his home in the southern port city of Aden. Lt. Col. Mohammed Al-Qudami, who was the intelligence chief for one of the sectors of Sanaa, was killed in a similar way.
Maj. Gen. Salem Ali Al-Quton, an army commander leading the fight against Al-Qaeda in the country's south, was killed last month in Aden by a suicide bomber while he was traveling in a three-car convoy.
| Sucks to be a senior officer in Yemen... |