Yemen

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula denied media reports that it is relocating its leaders and fighters to Somalia. The government reportedly released Arif Mujali, an al Qaeda operative involved in the Limburg oil tanker bombing. Nasser al Bahri, Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard, was denied a visa to visit France.

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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