Yemen

Unknown gunmen shot and killed a senior intelligence officer who worked on al Qaeda and southern secessionist problems. The colonel was gunned down by shooters on a motorcycle while he was near his home in Zinjibar in Abyan province. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has issued hit lists for top Yemeni military, police, and intelligence officials.

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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