Yemeni security authorities said two Qaeda bad boyz had been waxed on Sunday after they tried to attack a check-point in Amsha area outside the bustling little town of Lawdar in the southern province of Abyan.The two men were identified as Khalid Nasser Mousa Al Wahaishy and Sabar Nasser Mousa Al Wahaishy. Both of them belong to the tribe of AQAP leader Nasser Al Wahaishy, according to the official statement.
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Last month, Lawdar witnessed fierce shootouts between Al Qaeda turbans and Yemeni coppers in which more than 33 combatants and civilians were greased.
The scene of the crime then shifted to the neighbouring province of Shabwah where Anwar Al Awlaki and dozens of Al Qaeda fighters are believed to be lurking.
The governor of Shabwah, Ali Hassan Al Ahmadi, said on Sunday that the anti-terror forces were "tightening the noose on the terrorists" in some hamlets in the village of Al Hawta in Mayfa'a district of Shabwah province. "The blockade will continue until we get rid of them or they surrender themselves," he said.