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| Yemen denies foreign troops fighting Qaeda |
| 2010-08-30 |
| [Al Arabiya] Yemen denied on Sunday that foreign forces are involved in its battle against al-Qaeda, as Sanaa's security forces went on high alert after eight soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists. "We are surprised at groundless allegations in several media reports lately on the presence of British soldiers and on the arrival of U.S. forces to aid in fighting terror in Yemen," the defense ministry's 26sep.net news website quoted a Yemeni official as saying. The official said that Yemen's cooperation with the "United States or other countries" in fighting terrorism is "restricted to the exchange of information which facilitates its hunt (for) terrorist elements and handing them over to justice." Suspected al-Qaeda militants have carried out several attacks in past weeks against Yemeni soldiers, the latest of which killed eight soldiers and a civilian in the town of Jaar in the southern Abyan province on Saturday, according to a security official. The interior ministry had on Saturday called for tighter security at intelligence headquarters throughout the country and said it had put security units on alert. The ministry, in a statement posted on its website, stressed "the importance of increasing security vigilance and deploying patrols in the capital and the provinces, in addition to tightening security measures on vital facilities and buildings." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "Foreign" read, US-NATO. ION TOPIX > {AllAfrica] SOUTH AFRICA: PIRACY ON EAST COAST [Somalia = East Africa] IS CREEPING CLOSER. Movin' + Spreadin' down towards Southern Africa espec SA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-30 01:32 |