[Yemen Post] Qaeda bully boyz who escaped Zinjibar and Jaar have set up a new stronghold in Al-Mahfad area 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...
, media sources revealed on Wednesday.
The sources made clear that Al-Mahfad is an extremely rugged mountain ranges in the borders with Shabwa governorate.
They further said that Al-Qaeda leaders and bully boyz were monitored while they were heading to Al-Mahafad during the past days, affirming that they set up training camps in the area.
The Yemeni army backed by the Public Resistance Committees comprised of rustics could dislodge Al-Qaeda from main towns in Abyan such as Jaar, Zinjibar and Shaqrah.
The bully boyz were also cleansed from Azzan district of Shabwa that was previously declared by Al-Qaeda as an Islamic Emirate and set up the largest training camp inside.
Meanwhile,
...back at the sea battle, the Terror of the Baltic's career had come to an abrupt and watery end...
an Omani newspaper said on Tuesday that al-Qaeda operatives have left Yemen to the neighboring state of Oman after they were attacked in the South Yemen.
The newspaper quoted the Secretary-General of the Foreign Minster Badar Al-Boseedi as saying that Al-Qaeda operatives infiltrated to Oman and actions were taken to pursue them.
He said that the Omani authorities have not locked away
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
any bully boyz so far, asserting that Omani authorities are alert, pointing out that the they contacted with neighboring states regarding the issue.
| "Dear America, Please fly many Predators post haste over the attached map coordinates. You have our permission to shoot missiles at anyone you see there. Your friend, His Majesty, the Sultan of Oman" |
...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system...
Yemeni officials said Al-Qaeda bully boyz implanted landmines before they fled from key southern strongholds, pointing out that they killed nearly 73 civilians over the past week.
The Yemeni army captured Jaar and Zinjibar after a two-month offensive to uproot al Qaeda gunnies from large swaths of land they captured during last year's political turmoil.