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| Qaeda claims south Yemen security HQ attack |
| 2010-07-12 |
| SANAA - Al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Sunday for a gun and mortar attack on the southern headquarters of a Yemeni intelligence agency, saying it was revenge for a government assault on an Al Qaeda stronghold. Firing automatic weapons and mortars, gunmen attacked the security building in Aden on June 19, killing at least 11 people. The attack was the bloodiest in Yemen since the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 that killed 17 US sailors. ‘This attack comes as a response to the tyrannical aggression that reached our people in Maarib province and deliberately humiliates the tribes with the pretext of fighting terrorism,’ a statement from Al Qaeda’s Yemen-based regional wing said in a statement posted on an Islamist website. ‘Then they The June attack in Aden came a day after Al Qaeda threatened to respond to a state crackdown against it in the remote Maarib province, home to a militant stronghold in Wadi Obeida, calling on local tribesmen to take up arms against the government. Al Qaeda put the death toll in the attack at 24, higher than that given by the government, and accused those killed of involvement in what it described as oppression designed to please Washington. |
| Posted by:Steve White |