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| Yemeni troops clash with 'al-Qaeda fighters' |
| 2014-08-08 |
| [Al Jazeera] Yemeni troops defending a key southern city have battled with suspected members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula for a second day, killing at least eight of them and raising the fighters total corpse count from the ongoing festivities to 26. In a statement on Thursday, the Defence Ministry said the festivities took place in Sayoun, one of the biggest cities in the province of Hadramawt. Security reinforcements had been deployed over fears that Yemen's branch of al-Qaeda might try to seize the city. On Wednesday, the military said it had killed 18 al-Qaeda suspects in festivities in the same area, the AP news agency reported. In the spring, the military waged a wide offensive against al-Qaeda strongholds in the south. Those who fled under intensive bombardment sought refuge in mountain areas bordering Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and elsewhere in Hadramawt. Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, has been grappling with a number of regional rebellions in addition to the al-Qaeda insurgency. |
| Posted by:Fred |