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| Al-Qaida in Its Last Breath as Yemen Steps up Offensive |
| 2012-05-18 |
| [Yemen Post] The Yemeni army cleared Islamic fascisti from more parts of Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province on Thursday as Al-Qaeda continued to receive more devastating blows in the offensive stepped up with support from local fighters and the US, military sources said. The forces retook control of the Lawder, Modya and Wadhi towns and caused the Islamic fascisti heavy losses, the sources said, pointing out that many Islamic fascisti have been killed and others fled to other parts. Senior Al-Qaeda leaders were among the killed, they continued. The army launched an offensive against the Islamic fascisti more than a month ago and early this week it stepped up the offensive in southern and southeastern regions, mainly in Abyan, to regain control of the areas held last year. Hundreds of Islamic fascisti including big shots have been killed and injured in the battles including those who have been reported dead in drone strikes. Over the past two days, dozens of Islamic fascisti as well as soldiers and local fighters were killed and injured. This week, the army also took over many positions of the Islamic fascisti and sources have said it is only a matter of time to recapture the whole province. A massive hunt has been launched for those who fled the battles to other areas in Abyan and nearby provinces as the forces are pushing to clear Islamic fascisti from all areas, the sources added. Locals celebrated the gains in Abyan towns and more of them joined the forces to battle the remaining jihad boys, the sources said. Earlier today, military sources said hunts for Al-Qaeda Islamic fascisti have been extended to other provinces after the forces advanced forcing them to flee. Exploiting the escalating unrest in mid-2011, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)), the most dangerous branch of the global terrorist organization, seized key towns in Abyan including the capital Zinjibar. But the power-sharing government, formed after the unrest, decided to clear the Islamic fascisti from the towns with direct support from the US. |
| Posted by:Fred |