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Predator strikes are ‘more like police work’?
Police don’t intentionally kill criminals. ‘Targeted assassinations’ is a far better description for the Predator strikes.
Yemen
Yemen President Speaks on TV for First Time Since Injury
Yemen
President Saleh made an appearance on Yemeni television. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed 10 soldiers in an ambush in Abyan. Security forces killed an AQAP commander and several fighters in Abyan.
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Al Qaeda advances in Yemen’s hidden war
Alleged Shabaab operative to stand trial in New York
A Somali man named Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame was transferred to New York where he will stand trial for allegedly providing material support to both Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The unsealed indictment in his case follows a series of reports connecting Shabaab to AQAP.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Somali Tied to Militants Held on US Ship for Months
Yemen
The military claimed it killed 40 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Zinjibar. Four civilians and six “gunmen” were killed in airstrikes in Zinjibar.
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Yemeni opposition general rejects plan to keep Saleh in power
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The growing threat of al Qaeda in Yemen
Yemen
The defense minister said troops have been deployed around Aden to prevent the city from falling to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. An unnamed military official denied reports that 50 soldiers have gone missing in Zinjibar.
Yemen
Two civilians were killed in Yemeni airstrikes in Jaar in Abyan. An Army brigade said it is under siege in its base outside of Zinjibar.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Bin Laden document trove reveals strain on al-Qaeda
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has captured 50 Yemeni soldiers during fighting in Zinjibar. A powerful tribal leader in Abyan is seeking to negotiate with AQAP.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US expands its drone war into Somalia
Yemen
Thirty Yemeni soldiers and 14 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed during fighting in Zinjibar. AQAP has taken control of a stadium just outside of Zinjibar.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Strategic site is captured by militants in Yemen
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Obama adviser outlines plans to defeat al Qaeda
Yemen
Security forces arrested six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Aden. Three kidnapped French aid workers have been located.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is consolidating its control of Zinjibar and Jaar in Abyan province. The military said it foiled a terror attack in Aden.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Chaos in Yemen creates opening for Islamist gangs
Yemen
Yemen’s Saleh to reappear as violence grips south
Yemen
A suicide bomber killed three soldiers in Aden. Security forces killed three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives who escaped from Mukalla prison last week. Police detained the director of Mukalla prison.
Yemen
US official calls for immediate, peaceful transfer of power in Yemen
AQAP releases martyr’s biography for ex-Gitmo detainee
AQAP’s chief Mufti, Ibrahim Rubaish, has released a biography honoring ex-Gitmo detainee Fahd Saleh Suleiman al Jutayli. Rubaish, himself a former Gitmo detainee, denies that Jutayli was killed while fighting alongside the Houthis in Yemen.
Yemen
Sixty-two al Qaeda fighters escaped during an attack on a prison in Mukalla; one prison guard was killed during the attack. A government spokesman insisted that President Saleh will return from Saudi Arabia this week.
Yemen
More than 100 Yemeni soldiers have been killed while fighting al Qaeda int he Arabian Peninsula in the city of Zinjibar. The military was forced to withdraw two artillery brigades from the city.
Yemen
Twelve Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and nine soldiers were killed during fighting in an around Zinjibar, the capital of Lahj province. AQAP has been in control of Zinjibar for nearly a month.
Yemen
An unnamed Saudi official claimed that President Saleh will not return to Yemen. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula took control of parts of the city of Huta in Jahj province. Ten AQAP fighters were detained in Abyan.
State Department designates former Gitmo detainee turned AQAP commander
The State Department designated former Gitmo detainee Othman al Ghamdi as a global terrorist today. Al Ghamdi is an “operational commander” in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.