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| More Casualties In Continuous Battles Outside Sana'a |
| 2011-08-04 |
| [Yemen Post] At least three citizens were killed and several others injured in rocket attacks on some villages in Arhab district on the outskirts of Yemen's capital Sana'a where the army has been battling the tribes for months. Informed sources said the elite republican guard heavily shelled the villages and that the villages also came under attacks from military camps in nearby districts. Many have been killed and injured and hundreds of families have been displaced due to the battles that started after the tribes intercepted elite republican guard units and prevented them from heading to main cities to crack down on antigovernment protesters. In the past days, the army stepped up the operations in Arhab and Nihm districts after the tribes tired to take over a prominent elite republican guard camp in Arhab. Jet fighters carried out Yemen has been plagued by severe crises amid the persistent unrest including acute shortages, battles in some cities including Abyan where the army has been fighting suspected Al-Qaeda Orcs and similar vermin and a rapidly deteriorating economy. |
| Posted by:Fred |