Yemen
Yemeni troops killed 11 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in the south. More than 160,000 Yemenis have been displaced from Abyan due to fighting. Abu Musab al Zarqawi’s nephew is fighting alongside Ansar al Sharia.
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Al-Qaeda in Iraq founder’s nephew is militant in Yemen
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US drones killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Hadramout. The military claimed it ejected AQAP from Lawdar, Modia, and Al Wadea. A senior Southern Movement leader is urging his followers to fight AQAP.
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Yemeni secessionist dangles pledge to fight al Qaeda
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Yemeni military says troops forcing al-Qaida to retreat in southern stronghold
US airstrike kills 2 AQAP operatives in eastern Yemen
The US has conducted six drone strikes in Yemen over the past week.
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US escalates clandestine war in Yemen
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FBI Chief Says Leak on Qaeda Plot Is Under Investigation
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US drones killed eight civilians and seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in two strikes in Jaar. Seventeen AQAP fighters and three security personnel were killed in fighting in Lawdar. US troops are helping coordinate the Yemeni military offensive against AQAP.
US drone strikes kill 7 AQAP fighters, 8 civilians in Yemen
The strikes took place in the al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula-controlled city of Jaar.
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US helps Yemen in offensive on al-Qaida in south
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Yemenis choose jihad over Iranian support
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Seven Yemeni soldiers and 16 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in airstrikes and fighting near the cities of Zinjibar, Lawdar, and Jaar. Yemeni officials said two Saudi fighters were killed during recent airstrikes in Marib. AQAP bombed an LNG pipeline in Shabwa.
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Ex-Member of Somali Terrorist Group Helps a US Prosecution
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Al-Qaeda will expose double agent’s identity, security chiefs fear
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Al-Qaeda leaders believed that British double agent in underwear bomb plot was from radical Islamic family
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US drones killed 11 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, including an Egyptian, in two strikes in Marib. Yemeni officials denied that US troops are in combat in southern Yemen.
US drone strikes kill 11 AQAP fighters
An Egyptian is reported to have been killed in one of two strikes against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula units in southern Yemen.
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Yemen: US drone strike kills 6 al-Qaida militants
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British agent in underpants bomb plot had been working undercover ‘for up to a year’
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US sends troops to Yemen as Al Qaeda gains ground
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British played central role in foiled bomb operation: sources
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US Lawmakers to Probe Underwear Bomb Leaks
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Suicide bomb plot leak worries security experts
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Yemeni military officials claimed that eight al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leaders were killed in a “strike” in Jaar in Abyan. US trainers have arrived in Yemen. Senior officials said that the military is preparing to storm Zinjibar.
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Saudi agent in bomb plot held UK passport, source says
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US drones killed eight al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike in Jaar. Yemeni aircraft killed five more AQAP fighters in Jaar, and 10 more in Zinjibar.
US drone strike kills 8 AQAP fighters
The strike targeted a convoy of Ansar al Sharia leaders in Jaar in Abyan province.
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Terror’s Technician: al Qaeda bomb-maker is US’ worst nightmare
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Sources: Saudi counterterrorism work broke up new AQAP plane plot