Al Qaeda in Iraq
Lawyers seeking terror suspect™s case sue US
Lawyers seeking terror suspect™s case sue US
Pakistan in peril of succumbing to Iran-style Islamic revolution: Study
The Supreme Security Committee admitted that Shia Houthi rebels killed 12 soldiers and pro-government tribesmen, wounded 55, and captured 228 more during fighting in Harf Sufyan. The government previously that denied any soldiers were captured by the Houthis.
Mohammed Said al Umdah Gharib al T’aizzi, a senior military commander in southern Yemen, said the government is colluding with the US and will suffer for doing so.
Shia Houthi rebels released 200 soldiers captured earlier this week; Yemen denied the soldiers were captured. President Saleh offered to bring the Houthis into the political process.
UN urges Saudi Arabia to stop expelling Somalis
Yemen smolders amid Houthi insurgency and Al Qaeda attacks
Six Yemeni troops and three al Qaeda fighters were killed in a clash in Shabwa province. Shia Houthi rebels reportedly captured between 70 and 200 Yemeni soldiers in Amran province.
Al-Qaida militants open fire at British embassy to Yemen
An adviser to the president said that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula senior leader Anwar al Awlaki “was not at all radicalized in Yemen.” Sixty-nine people have been killed during five days of fighting between the Houthis and government forces n the north.
Al Qaeda claims Yemen attacks, vows more strikes
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed five Yemeni soldiers in an ambush on a convoy in Shabwa province. Nineteen people were killed during clashes between the military and Houthi rebels in Harf Sufyan.
US citizen believed to be writing for al Qaeda website, source says
Somali militant group built training camps, al Qaeda links
Awlaki “has involved himself in every aspect of the supply chain of terrorism — fundraising for terrorist groups, recruiting and training operatives, and planning and ordering attacks on innocents.”
Security forces detained 19 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in Marib province and 11 more in Hadramout province. Police have also step up security in Marib and Jawf to prevent al Qaeda attacks on infrastructure.
Somalia’s al-Shabab wants to join terror’s big league
AL Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters assaulted security and intelligence installations in Zinjibar in Abyan province; three al Qaeda fighters and two people were reported killed. The US transferred Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Odaini to Yemen despite the ban on detainee transfers to the country due to the security situation.
Al Qaida magazine urges killing of those who defame Mohammed
Al Qaeda claims south Yemen security HQ attack
Security forces detained 10 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Hadrmout province. AQAP claimed the June 19 attack on a security headquarters in Aden that killed 11 people. A court upheld the death sentence of four AQAP operatives involved in terror attacks.
Rulings raise doubts on policy on transfer of Yemenis
Is Yemen the next Afghanistan?
Two soldiers were killed during a clash with al Qaeda fighters in Hadramout province. Security forces killed a Saudi al Qaeda member in Shabwa province. “Terrorists” set a power plant in Hadramout on fire.
Yemen faces Qaeda, pirate threats in vital strait
Al-Qaeda newspaper: Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom
Security forces detained four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters suspected of killing an intelligence colonel. Houthi rebels violated a ceasefire and killed three people in an attack on the home of a pro-government tribal chief in Amran province.
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 […]
This is a little late as Hoffman’s article is from April, but his take on the US’ strategy, or lack thereof, to deal with al Qaeda and allied Islamist terror groups, is a must read. There are far too many points made in the article to list here, so read the whole thing. Two items […]
Al-Qaida’s attacks in Yemen urge security services to change tactics