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| Al-Qaeda Deadly Bombing Kills, Injures Dozens in South Yemen, Sources |
| 2012-08-05 |
| An Al-Qaeda jacket wallah went kaboom!" in south Yemen late on Saturday killing at least 23 people and injuring another 20, security sources in 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... province said. “The bombing targeted a condolence ceremony by the pro-government fighters in the Jaar town,” one of the sources said by telephone. “The attacker detonated his explosives belt inside the meeting room and that was shocking”. The victims were offering condolences to head of the pro-government fighters, who supported the army in the offensive that drove Al-Qaeda hard boyz out of their strongholds in Abyan in May, the source continued. It was the deadliest attack in Abyan since the defeat of Al-Qaeda in May. In recent weeks, suspected hard boyz raided villages and military and security posts some parts of Abyan killing and injuring several troops. Separately, military sources said several Al-Qaeda hard boyz were killed in an ...the formerly independent Qu'aiti state and sultanate, annexed by Communist South Yemen in 1968, encompassing a region along the Gulf of Aden, extending eastwards to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman. The people are called Hadhramis and speak Hadhrami Arabic. The city Tarimis estimated to contain the highest concentration of descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (PTUI) anywhere in the world, approximately seven in every square yard... province amid an extensive hunt for key operatives after the defeat of Al-Qaeda. Through April-May, the Yemeni army launched a US-backed offensive and retook control of key towns in Abyan including the capital Zinjibar and killed hundreds of hard boyz including big shots. After the victory, the authorities have been hunting the hard boyz who fled from Abyan and Shabwa provinces after reports said they had planned to regroup and build centers to recruit new fighters. Many cells and terrorist suspects have been jugged Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! so far. In retaliation for the blows, Al-Qaeda has carried out deadly suicide kabooms targeting military and security chiefs, personnel, cadets and offices in several cities including the capital Sanaa. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 If you are keeping score even if the fatality counts hits the 50s it will still be only AQs 2nd biggest massacre of the year. A suicide bomber killed about twice as many back in May. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2012-08-05 13:27 |
| #1 Happy Ramadan! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-08-05 11:04 |