Al Qaeda in Iraq
Arab earthquake disrupts US counter-terror effort
Arab earthquake disrupts US counter-terror effort
Security forces killed an anti-government protester in Taiz and wounded hundreds more in Sana’a. Dozens of protesters were also detained in Sana’a.
State cables show rising concern about al-Qaeda in Yemen
At least 13 people have been killed and dozens more injured in election-related bombings in Suleja and Maiduguri. For months, Boko Haram has been assassinating politicians and security personnel in Maiduguri, and election violence now seems worst there.
US halted record aid deal as Yemen rose up
Saudi Arabia is leading the Gulf states in brokering a deal for President Saleh to step down; Saleh has rejected the efforts as unconstitutional. The US embassy warned its citizens to keep away from the Presidential Palace, the Saleh Mosque, Sana’a University, and Tahrir Square in Sana’a, in anticipation of violence during Friday protests.
Gulf states seek to broker Yemen’s Saleh exit
Al Qaeda smells blood
Ex-UK premier: al-Qaida threat from Mideast unrest
Unrest in Yemen seen as opening to Qaeda branch
Soldiers loyal to General Ali Mohsen killed three soldiers in Sana’a loyal to President Saleh. Tribesmen in Abyan killed two soldiers for participating in a raid against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The spokesman for the anti-Saleh Joint Meeting Parties said a new government would oppose AQAP.
Security forces and supporters of President Saleh killed 15 people and wounded more than 300 in attacks on protesters in Taiz and Hudaida. The US is pushing for Saleh’s removal from power.
Female protesters in Yemen attacked by police
US shifts to seek removal of Yemen’s leader, an ally
Yemen’s future hinges on its two most powerful men
In the latest edition of Inspire, Ibrahim Rubaish, a former Guantanamo detainee who is AQAP’s mufti, criticizes the Saudi government for taking in Tunisia’s former president.
Islamists are elated by revolts, cleric says
Jihadists denied that they took over a radio station in Abyan province. The government blamed al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula for a blast at a weapons factory in Jaar in Abyan that killed more than 100 civilians.
Al Qaeda exploits Yemen chaos
A three-judge DC Circuit Court panel overturned a lower court’s ruling that would have granted freedom to Guantanamo detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman.
The Yemeni government is said to have lost control of six of the country’s 18 provinces. Casualties from yesterday’s explosion at a weapons factory in Abyan have risen to 93 dead. More than 20,000 anti-government protesters marched in Sana’a.
A blast at a weapons factory in Jaar in Abyan province killed 78 people. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters looted the factory of truckloads of weapons and several armored vehicles prior to the blast, which is said to have been an accident.
Indonesians protest Gaddafi, int’l strikes
Yemen battles al Qaeda as president clings to power
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed seven troops in Marib province and took control of the town of Jaar in Abyan province after security forces fled. President Saleh rescinded his offer to step down at the end of the year.
US officials: Libyan operation could last months
President Saleh said he is “ready to step down with respect and dignity” but only to qualified caretakers of government. Security officials claimed seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in Abyan province.
Yemen close to transition of power deal
President Saleh said he would hand over power only “to capable, responsible hands.” Security forces claimed to have killed 15 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters over the past week. Britain and Germany have begun evacuating non-essential embassy personnel.
Quso was also a key player in the USS Cole bombing in in 2000.