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| Tribesmen fight off Al Qaeda in Abyan |
| 2013-04-10 |
| [YemenPost] Officials confirmed on Monday that pro-government tribal militias operating in the southern province 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... successfully attacked one of al-Qaeda hideouts near the city of Qoud, in the district of Qarnah. Mahjoud Nama, Chief leader of the militia told the press on Monday his unit acted on informations provided by a terror beturbanned goon now under custody. "The Saudi tossed in the clink Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! gave serious information, including the location of the hideout of a terrorist cell of three Saudis and seven Yemenis," Nama told the press, adding both the popular committees and the local security forces were chasing down the beturbanned goons, determined to have them arrested. The Saudi national was arrested by pro-government fighters near the southern of Zinjibar. Back in 2011, bully boyz used a breakdown in security brought about by the the popular uprising to seize large swathes of land. Both the cities of Zinjibar and Jaar fell to the control of al-Qaeda and were proclaimed Islamic Caliphates by the beturbanned goons. Only after a wide military campaign did the central government manage to force back al-Qaeda gunnies and reclaim control over all its southern territories. Local tribes organized in popular committee played a vital role in supporting the government's military efforts in the province of Abyan, providing local intelligence and ground presence. With terror cells spread out throughout the province, such an alliance between the central government and local tribes is proving a winning combination. |
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