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| Militants Threaten To Execute Yemeni Soldiers Amid Raging Battles In South |
| 2012-04-23 |
| [Yemen Post] Al-Qaeda has threatened to execute seventy soldiers its members tossed in the clink during raids on military bases in Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province in early March. The gunnies overwhelmed the military bases in the Doufas district killing and taking as hostage scores of soldiers as well as looting military equipment. Early this month, fifteen soldiers were held and rubbed out by al-Qaeda members after battles with the forces in Lahj province. HOOD and al-Karama organizations said the Sharia Supporters, one of the bully boy groups in the south, intends to execute ten soldiers a week if the government continues to ignore their demands including the release of gunnies held inside the political security jails. In a statement, the two organizations appealed to the Sharia Supporters to protect the soldiers and avoid extrajudicial executions. They also appealed to the government, the Yemeni holy mans, the Yemeni tribes' coalition and human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. agencies to help take action to prevent the execution of the soldiers. On March 22, the two organizations sent an activist team to the Jaar city held by al-Qaeda and the team was allowed to meet more than 70 soldiers held by bully boys. The team inspected the health conditions of the soldiers and how they were held. The soldiers said they were being treated in a good way, adding al-Qaeda set conditions including the release its members held inside the political security prisons in return for their release. With direct support from the US, the Yemeni forces have been fighting AQAP, the al-Qaeda branch in Yemen since it was founded in 2009. In mid-2011, al-Qaeda seized some towns in Abyan province including the capital Zinjibar and recently it has tried to occupy more towns to expand its presence. The forces in association with popular fighters have thwarted terrorist plans and have waged battles killing and injuring hundreds of gunnies in the Lawder city. |
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