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Al-Qaeda militants release inmates of central jail in Rada'a
2012-01-17
[Yemen Post] Al-Qaeda Death Eaters released on Monday all the inmates of the central jail of Rada'a, a town they seized on Saturday, local sources told Yemen Post.

The inmates were imprisoned due to criminal cases and they have no ties with Al-Qaeda, affirmed the sources.

The sources said the Death Eaters pledged allegiance to Tareq Al-Dhahab, a tribal leader who is a relative of Anwar Al-Walaki, a Yemeni-American holy man who was killed in a American drone strike last fall.

"Al-Dhahab directed to cut prices of oil derivatives in an attempt to gain sympathy of locals" said a resident of Rada'a, a town of approximately 60,000 people.

They further confirmed that a tribal leader of Rada'a, Abdul-Salam Al-Nosairi, had hosted Al-Dhahab and submitted him keys of the archeological citadel of Alamiria.

Other tribal leaders of Rada'a, some 150 Km south of capital Sana'a, are preparing for holding a meeting on Monday evening to take decisive actions against the bad boys, added they.

Eyewitnesses cited that gunnies deployed in a number of Rada'a streets and controlled government facilitates amid absolute ignorance of security forces.

Meanwhile,
...back at the abandoned silver mine, the water was up to Jack's neck and still rising...
a demonstration took to streets of Baidha city, raising slogans that rejected Al-Qaeda existence in their governorate and accused forces loyal to the outgoing 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...
of supporting to Al-Qaeda bad boys.

A big shot of the Yemeni opposition has accused Saleh of supporting Al-Qaeda, helping it control Yemeni towns and attempting to show to the world that he is the only man who can defeat Al-Qaeda.

The Assistant Secretary General of the Yemeni Socialist Party, Yahya Abu Asboa, told an Emirati newspaper, Al-Byan, that he has information that Yemeni army and security forces loyal to Saleh cooperate with Al-Qaeda Death Eaters to expand.
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