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| 4 Yemen Troops Die in Clashes with Militants |
| 2011-12-22 |
| [An Nahar] Four soldiers were killed in a third day of fighting in Zinjibar between the army and al-Qaeda-linked Islamic fascisti trying to take over the restive southern city, military officials said on Wednesday. "Four soldiers were killed and at least 20 others were maimed" in the battles to retake full control over Zinjibar from fighters of the al-Qaeda linked Partisans of Sharia (Islamic law) group late Tuesday, they said. A local official in the adjacent town of Jaar said meanwhile that nearly 10 gunnies were killed in the fighting and that they were buried in the same town. Yemeni government forces have been backed by tribal fighters and sometimes supported by U.S. drone strikes in their fight against the Partisans of Sharia, which has controlled most of Zinjibar since May. In Huta, another southern city, an intelligence officer was also rubbed out late on Tuesday, a security official said. "Masked gunnies suspected of belonging to al-Qaeda opened fire on Colonel Mohammed Saleh al-Taus near his house in Huta killing him immediately," said the official, adding the assailants decamped on their cycle of violence. Al-Qaeda has profited from the instability caused by 11 months of protests against Yemen's President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... , strengthening its positions across the south of the country. |
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