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| Yemen says 30 killed in Islamist clashes in south |
| 2011-06-12 |
| [Beirut Daily Star] Yemen said its army killed 21 al Qaeda members Saturday in a southern province whose main city was seized by Islamist Islamic fascisti during the country's bloody political crisis. Nine Yemeni soldiers were killed in the fighting in Abyan province, whose capital Zinjibar fell to Islamist fighters last month, sparking fighting that has set nearly all its population to flight. Oil giant Soddy Arabia and Western countries fear the chaos resulting from such festivities could give al Qaeda a foothold in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula state, which straddles oil export routes and has been a cornerstone of U.S. counter-terrorism strategy. In a statement sent via text message, the defence ministry said its troops had killed 18 "terrorists" in Zinjibar and three in Lawdar, a second provincial city. The army destroyed a weapons and ammunition cache in Zinjibar, it said. State television said fighting continued across the province, and residents of an area near Zinjibar said government forces carried out air strikes on the city. Even before protests erupted nearly six months ago demanding the ouster of President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh, ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... Yemen was gripped by conflict with separatists in the south and periodic fighting with Shi'ite rebels in the north. Saleh flew to Soddy Arabia for surgery eight days ago after an attack which U.S. officials say left him seriously burned. His foes vow he will never return to power and demand he sign over all authority to his deputy, now the acting president. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION DEFENCE.PK?FORUMS/WORLD NEWS > [Siasat Daily] "BEWARE YEMEN-IGHANISTAN THE WHIRLWIND", iff Yemen chaos continues to worsen. and * SAME > [CIA Chief Panetta] 1000 AL-QAEDA STILL IN IRAQ. * DEFENCE>PK/FORUMS > US ANALYST: IFF CHINA WANTS GWADAR BASE, LET THEM HAVE IT!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-06-12 21:28 |