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| Yemen says 14 al-Qaeda suspects surrender |
| 2010-11-02 |
| [Al Arabiya] Fourteen suspected al-Qaeda members, including senior figures, have surrendered in the restive southern province of Abyan, Yemen's defense ministry and a source close to the governor said on Tuesday. "Fourteen al-Qaeda members have surrendered to Abyan's governor Ahmed al-Mayassari," said the ministry's website, 26sep.net, citing a security official. Five of them are leaders of the network's local branch in Abyan, a source close to Mayassari told AFP. Last month, another 15 suspected members of al-Qaeda surrendered to Abyan's governor. Yemen is under renewed pressure to eliminate al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a local franchise, after explosives were found in air parcels headed for the United States sent from its territory by suspected al-Qaeda Islamic exemplars. Abyan and adjacent Shabwa province have become major fields of operation for Al-Qaeda as the central government in Sanaa struggles to impose its control on the region's heavily armed tribes |
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