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| Yemen Air Raid Kills 4 Civilians |
| 2011-06-30 |
| [An Nahar] A Yemeni air raid on a convoy of vehicles near the thug-held southern city of Zinjibar killed four civilians and maimed 12 on Wednesday, medical sources and witnesses said. The convoy that was hit had left Zinjibar for the main southern city of Aden but was forced to come to a halt when fighting erupted between government troops and the thugs, witnesses said. The casualties were taken to the al-Naqib and al-Wali hospitals in Aden, where medics confirmed the toll. A colonel was killed in the latest fighting between the army and the thugs, a military source said. More than 100 troops have been killed since the snuffies seized control of most of Zinjibar on May 29. The Sanaa regime says the snuffies are allied with al-Qaeda but the opposition accuses the government of playing up a jihadist threat in a desperate attempt to keep embattled President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... in power. |
| Posted by:Fred |