...KABOOM!...
s on 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 support of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in southern Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
According to sources, Emirati warplanes carried out intensive raids on positions of Islah Lions of Islam in northern part of Mudiyah district, east of the province.
The sources said that explosions were clearly heard in conjunction with the sounds of aircraft flying.
The raids come after the failure of the STC forces to lift the siege imposed on them by the Islah Lions of Islam in the district.
Other military sources explained that the UAE raids were mistakenly hit the UAE-backed "Al-Amaliqa " Forces east of the village of Imbagira on the outskirts of Wadi O’mran east of the Mudiya district.