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| Yemeni authorities arrest 10 suspects in offensive to root out wanted jihadis |
| 2009-03-30 |
| Yemeni authorities said they arrested 10 Islamic militants in a major offensive Saturday in the south of the country and witnesses said four policemen were killed in the fighting. Clashes erupted in Jaar, northeast of the port city of Aden, where police had been hunting for wanted members of violent Islamist groups. "This campaign comes after dissident elements attacked members of the security forces and government interests, and disrupted peace and security over the past few weeks," a Jaar security official told AFP. Four Yemeni policemen were killed in fighting, witnesses told AFP, but an Interior Ministry official denied the report, saying several troops were wounded. The official said 10 members of the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army were arrested, including four who were wounded in clashes. Sources close to the Islamic Jihad group told AFP earlier that four people were arrested. A local hospital official said a passerby and seven policemen were wounded in the fighting, with two in critical condition. Residents of Jaar told AFP security forces cordoned off the city early in the morning and searched a number of houses in their hunt for the militants. Residents said sounds of gunfire and explosions echoed across the city as gunmen battled troops and police in sporadic firefights. The impoverished Arabian Peninsula country has seen a spate of attacks on foreign and government targets, most recently suicide bombings against South Korean tourists. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the historic eastern city of Shibam on March 15, killing four South Korean tourists and their Yemeni guide. Three days later, a similar attack targeted a South Korean delegation in the capital Sanaa, but there were no casualties. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 That's nice. What about the unwanted jihadis? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-03-30 13:14 |
| #1 Is it USAid time again? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-03-30 08:06 |