Yemen

President Saleh said the media has exaggerated the size of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Security forces detained two Europeans who were training with weapons in the mountains in the southern province of Dhamar. Yemeni Marines foiled a hijacking off the coast.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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