Tag Archives: Yemen


Al Qaeda

UK – Stephen Timms attacker was inspired by al-Qaeda’s Anwar al-Awlaki









Yemen

Obama administration officials are pushing for the CIA to take control of US special operations forces and step up covert operations in Yemen. The Yemeni government downplayed the al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula terrorism plot that involved bombs placed on cargo aircraft.




Al Qaeda

Yemen parcel bombmaker believed to be al Qaeda terrorist Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri



Al Qaeda

Saudis™ help in stopping plot is part of shift in security role




Yemen

Security forces arrested two women and seized 26 suspicious parcels related to the unfolding bomb plot against the US and Europe that originated from Yemeni airports. The military operation in the Al Kur Mountains in Shabwa province has ended.







Yemen

A sheikh said that US Predators are flying over Marib daily. Three people were killed in clashes between pro-government tribes and Shia Houthi rebels in the north. Al Qaeda bombed the car of an intelligence chief.


Yemen

Jamal Ahmed Mairan, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arbian Peninsula in the towns of Lauder and Modia, surrendered to authorities in Abyan province. A court charged Sharif Mobley, an American citizen with ties to al Qaeda, with murder.


Yemen

A suicide bomber killed only himself in an attack in Al Nor in Taiz province. The governor of Shabwa province denied the Al Kor mountains are Yemen’s version of Tora Bora. Several tribal leaders in Abyan called for opposition to al Qaeda.




Yemen

Fifteen al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters surrendered to the governor of Abyan. The government claimed the Awalik mountain range is free of AQAP influence. A Yemen journalist is on trial for links to AQAP cleric Anwar al Awlaki.