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| Yemen nabs 5 for al-Qaeda ties |
| 2010-09-20 |
| [Iran Press TV] Yemeni security forces have jugged five people accused of harboring suspected al-Qaeda faceless myrmidons during sweep operations in Abyan province in the south of Yemen. The raid took place on Saturday night in the town of Lawder -- 250 km (155 miles) southeast of the capital, Sana'a -- where government troops have been battling al-Qaeda elements for weeks, the state-run Sep26.net website reported. Yemeni troops are combing Lawdar and the surrounding areas in search of the remaining al-Qaeda elements who have fled the city. The Yemeni Interior Ministry has announced that terrorist elements are being tracked down round the clock and exposed to attacks wherever they appear. The Yemeni government is struggling with an al-Qaeda presence in the south. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda, is tied to several terrorist plots in the United States, including a failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound airliner. The 23-year-old Nigerian suspect, identified as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, claimed to have received training and instructions from al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen. |
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