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| Ten fewer goons in Yemen | |
| 2003-06-25 | |
| HATAT, Yemen — Yemeni troops attacked an Islamic militant group's mountain hideout Wednesday, killing 10 militants and wounding dozens of others after negotiations for their surrender fell apart, officials said. "Hey, Mahmoud! Look who's coming our way!" The military had been surrounding the hide-out for days, seeking the surrender of gunmen who fled there after attacking a military medical convoy last weekend, wounding seven soldiers. The gunmen belonged to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, a group sympathetic to Al Qaeda that has been linked to last year's attack on a French oil tanker off the coast that killed one crewman. The government has been negotiating through local clan leaders with the group, holed up near the village of Hatat, 280 miles south of the capital, San'a. On Wednesday, the military assaulted the hide-out, firing artillery and Katyusha rockets.
Hand over the bastards who dared bring al-Harethi to justice! Al-Harethi was killed last year by a missile strike on his car by a U.S. Predator drone. It was not clear whether the militants sought the Americans involved with the drone or Yemeni informants. The Aden-Abyan group is also known for kidnapping 16 Western tourists in 1998; four of the tourists died in a botched rescue attempt by soldiers. | |
| Posted by:Ri |