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Yemen Army inside Zinjibar, Battles Ongoing to Retake Stronghold
2012-05-24
[Yemen Post] The Yemeni forces further advanced on Al-Qaeda cut-throats in 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 Emirate after 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 Wednesday and they are expected to retake control of Zinjibar, the capital, very soon, Alsahwa reported.

Al-Qaeda seized key towns in Abyan in mid-2011 including Zinjibar and the army has recently expanded the military operations against the cut-throats to recapture the towns.

The forces are now in the middle of Zinjibar and they have been stationed in key parts in the city, a move which came after some brigades could close the road between Azzan in the nearby province of Shabwa and Jaar, the most notorious stronghold of the cut-throats in Abyan, it said.

"The forces have controlled the only road where supplies for the cut-throats pass," it said.

The forces have made more gains in the past two days amid the plans to retake Zinjibar and other strongholds of the cut-throats including Jaar, which were seized last year, it continued.

Earlier today, Arclight airstrikes targeted several positions of the cut-throats causing Al-Qaeda big losses, it said.

With direct support from the US and tribal fighters, the Yemeni forces have recently stepped up the war on the cut-throats in southern and southeastern regions, mainly in Abyan, killing and injuring hundreds of them including big shots.

They have cleared cut-throats from some towns and areas in Abyan.

Meantime, observers said Al-Qaeda is trying to draw the attention from the blows it has received there through carrying suicide kabooms in far parts including the capital Sanaa.

On Monday, Al-Qaeda grabbed credit for a suicide kaboom on a military parade rehearsal on Monday, which killed more than one hundred central security forces and maimed hundreds others.

The group said the bombing was as a payback for the battles in Abyan, mainly the US role in them.

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