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Arabia
Seven troops killed in fresh Yemen attack
2012-04-02
ADEN - Militants killed seven Yemeni soldiers in an attack on their outpost in southern Yemen early on Sunday, the defence ministry said, a day after at least 20 troops were killed in a similar raid by Islamist fighters linked to al Qaeda.

The defence ministry’s September 26 news portal said “seven soldiers were martyred in a treacherous terrorist attack on their outpost” near the city of Shibam, in the southern Hadramout province.

Almotamar, an online website run by former President Ali Abdullah SalehÂ’s General PeopleÂ’s Congress party, said SundayÂ’s attack took place at dawn when militants stormed a military outpost.

“The attack bears the fingerprints of al Qaeda,” it quoted a security source as saying without giving further details.

The attack appeared to mirror SaturdayÂ’s, in which militants raided the al-Hurur military checkpoint in the southern Abyan province, killing at least 20 soldiers, according to a senior military official.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  The non-AQ Arabs seem very hesitant to go on the offensive and attack their enemies in their nests (except for Pencil-Neck.) Are they too weak, too scared, or too comfortable?
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-04-02 19:43  

#1  See also WORLD NEWS > US OFFICIALS SAY "THREAT FROM AL-QAEDA IN YEMEN [AQIY/AQAP] HAS BECOME GREATER AFTER AL-AWLAKI'S DEATH".

The Battle for the Arabian Beachhead continues.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-04-02 00:43  

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