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| Army Arrests Al-Qaeda Leader as Battles Continue  in South Yemen |
| 2011-08-01 |
| [Yemen Post] The army has tossed in the clink an Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen's southern province Abyan where it has been fighting Islamists for months. Abdullah Saeed Omer Hubaibat was captured at a security checkpoint on Friday and was handed to the authorities, Saba quoted a security source as saying. The arrest coincided with many casualties in Abyan in the continuous battles between the army and suspected Al-Qaeda gunnies. Hubaibat was one of the extremely dangerous Islamic fascisti since he played roles in terrorist operations targeting security checkpoints, security and military personnel, vehicles and convoys as well as targeting civilians, Saba reported. It quoted the source as saying that three more Al-Qaeda elements were tossed in the clink today near Zinjbar, Abyan's capital, and a fourth was killed. Separately, two of those who were on a list of wanted suspects in connection with bombing the oil pipeline and power towers in Marib handed themselves in to the Interior Ministry on Saturday. Ameen Naji Hassan Ghareeb and Zaid Hassan bin Ali were wanted for bombing in Marib and involvement in causing the fuel crisis and power blackouts, but now their names were omitted for the blacklist, Saba said. The Interior Ministry urges other suspects to surrender otherwise the authorities will pursue them to bring them to justice. |
| Posted by:Fred |