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2005-11-25 Arabia
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Islamic Army of Aden threatens to regroup
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Rebel leader Ahmed Ali Abu Hidrah, commonly known as Abulashaath, has said that the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army may reform in the wake of several arrests of the military groupâs former members. The Yemeni security arrested Abulashaath last week after demanding that he surrender, threatening to arrest his father if he refused. Security forces have also arrested several men believed to belong to an extremist religious organization in Taiz region, according to security sources quoted by the RayNews website.
Abulashaath, speaking to the Al-Wasat newspaper from detention in Abyan Governorate, said the government would be to blame for the start of any conflict. He claimed that the re-arrest of former combatants was a result of U.S. pressure, and that President Bush had renewed his demand for detaining combatants during his recent meeting with President Saleh in Washington. Abulashaath added that the government had refused to improve the conditions of the combatants, and had re-arrested several of the groupâs supporters without justification or evidence for their detention. He claimed that the government had broken its promises to former Aden-Abyan Army members made during talks with Judge Hamoud Al-Hitar, who represents the government side. He said that combatants now intended to re-group, whether they previously belonged to the Army or not. However, Abulashaath denied that the authorities had made demands against them.
The Aden-Abyan Army has fought several battles against government forces, but has not been active since 2002, when the government claimed the organization was defeated. They killed three of its members and arrested the rest. The government then formed a dialogue committee to persuade the group that rule of the government was legitimate. The former fighters claimed to have abandoned their extremist philosophy, although critics argue that they did so only to improve their conditions, to secure the release of supporters also under arrest and to be awarded jobs. Now several men have been arrested in the Taiz region, according to security sources quoted by the RayNews website. The sources said that the men are members of a cell belonging to the Kuwaiti cleric, Al-Hasan Bin Mosa Al-Luhaidi. Al-Luhaidi established a religious organization which claims that Arab leaders and all those who fought in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Bosnia were unbelievers.
| Putting a pox on both their houses, is he? |
 The source added that members of such a cell were arrested in Al-Selow, Al-Shawaifa, and Taiz City. Investigations are still going on in different parts of Taiz Governorate, the source added. The authorities are still tracing the source of support and financiers for the organization and investigations continue into how such an organization could operate in Yemen, the source said. According to the source, Al-Luhaidi claims that he is the awaited Mahdi, the Islamic Messiah who will appear at the end of time.
| In other words, he's a loop-loop... |
Al-Luhaidi, who was arrested in Syria a few years ago and returned to Kuwait, claims he is the representative of Allah on Earth. However, his whereabouts are now unknown.
| Vanished into thin air, did he? Right in front of your eyes? |
Al-Luhaidi had written several books that claim he is the Mahdi. He also owns a web site to publish his books, thoughts, and views. The web site includes forums for his followers. 
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