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| 'Qaida' Gunmen Kill Yemen Intelligence Officer |
| 2013-04-21 |
| [An Nahar] Suspected al-Qaeda beturbanned goons rubbed out a Yemeni intelligence officer overnight in Mukalla, capital of the southeastern Hadramawt province, a security official told Agence La Belle France Presse on Saturday. "al-Qaeda gunnies on a cycle of violence opened fire on the officer Ibrahim Bameshel as we was on his way back home, killing him immediately," the official said, adding that the assailants had fled. al-Qaeda beturbanned goons were driven out of most of their strongholds in Yemen's south last June in an all-out offensive by government forces aided by local "resistance committees". But local sources say jihadists from the al-Qaeda linked Ansar al-Sharia ...a Yemeni Islamist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends... group have started distributing posters and leaflets in several towns across the province threatening members of the security forces and urging jihad (holy war). Some of their posters showed pictures of masked gunnies on motorbikes. Police and army officers come under frequent attack, with authorities blaming al-Qaeda for the assaults usually carried out by gunnies on unregistered motorbikes. In a bid to clamp down on the increasing number of such attacks, authorities earlier this year launched a campaign ordering unlicensed bikes off the streets. |
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