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| Al-Qaeda in Yemen takes control of southern city |
| 2015-03-21 |
| [Ynet] Yemeni security officials say al-Qaeda's branch in the country has taken control of a southern city after security forces surrendered. The officials say that al-Qaeda hard boyz driving pickup trucks and flying black flags on Friday swept through the city of al-Houta, the capital of restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement province. They took over the main security barracks, the governor's office, and the intelligence headquarters, which houses prisons with al-Qaeda detainees. The officials say that security forces loyal to deposed 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... surrendered to the hard boyz without resistance. Those who resisted at the governor's office were executed, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. |
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