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Hadi: Al-Qaeda is behind economic recession |
2012-11-26 |
[Yemen Post] Yemen President Abdurabu Mansour Hadi ...the second and possibly the last president of Yemen, successor to former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... said on Saturday that Al-Qaeda is behind economic recession in Yemen. During his reception to the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc in Sana'a, Hadi affirmed that Yemen suffers from Al-Qaeda that severely damaged the national economy. "Terrorism has no nation, borders... all international states should cooperate to combat and eradicate it" he added. He also said that Al-Qaeda's target against Yemen's economy distracted investments and led to the increase of unemployment. During the meeting, Hadi received a letter from his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul, regarding regional and international issues. Hadi stressed the importance of enhancing commercial exchange, praising Turkish development in all fields. A number of high-ranking Turkish officials including the Foreign Minister visited Yemen during the few past months and Turkey granted Yemen about $100 million. According to official statistics, Yemen lost about $3 billion during offensives that Yemeni launched against Al-Qaeda last year. After the Yemeni government announced its victory in early June, al-Qaeda carried out a suicide kaboom various governorates and killed the commander of Yemen's southern military region, Salem Qatan. The Yemeni authorities had stated that they would continue the battle against Al-Qaeda snuffies and that the government will deal with them as citizens in case they were persuaded to abandon violence. Yemeni officials say Al-Qaeda restored to use other tactics as it assassinated a number of Yemeni military commanders and officers, and carried out suicide kabooms against military and security compounds in the capital Sana'a and other cities |
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