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Government Forces Evacuate Abyan Province |
2011-06-22 |
![]() This comes as a blow to government efforts to clean the province from suspected al-Qaeda cut-thoats. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... an official in Abyan said to Yemen Post that the majority of fighters killed in Abyan over the last three weeks have not been al-Qaeda members, but rather civilians or Islamic cut-thoats. He explained that Abyan beturbanned goons call themselves "Ansar Share'a", which means the "defenders of Islamic law." The government fears that the spread of the Islamic militancy in Abyan, Lahj, and Aden could be as big of a risk as al-Qaeda. Thousands of Jihadists exist in southern provinces, though they almost never attack western targets. Government is making its stance clear and that they will target anyone causing chaos in the country. Clashes with Islamic fighters has backlashed, as beturbanned goons are now spreading to neighboring provinces. |
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