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| Armed People Kill 9 Soldiers and Burn Their Bodies in South |
| 2010-08-30 |
| At least 9 soldiers were killed when armed men attacked a security checkpoint in Yemen's Southern Abyan Province, where many were killed and injured during fierce clashes between the security forces and suspected Al-Qaeda militants last week. The Alsahwa website quoted informed sources as saying militants launched an RPG attack against the personnel of the checkpoint in the Almashrou'a area in Jaar district when soldiers were breaking their fast at Maghrib. The attackers burned the bodies of the soldiers, a security patrol and the attack site and chanted Allah is great and their attack was in retaliation for attacks against their brothers in the province, the sources said. The heinous attack followed fierce confrontations with suspected Al-Qaeda members in the Lowder and Jaar districts in which more than 40 were killed including soldiers. Last week, confrontations resumed after the authorities said they had retaken control of the Lowder district. Also, the developments come amid the continuous hunt for Al-Qaeda terrorists throughout Yemen and fears of the west about growing presence of Al-Qaeda in the country. Yemen has recently denied there are U.S. and British bases providing assistance to root out terrorism, saying the national authorities are capable to fight terrorism alone and they have always proved their competence in tackling terrorist issues. |
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