Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula denied media reports that it is relocating its leaders and fighters to Somalia. The government reportedly released Arif Mujali, an al Qaeda operative involved in the Limburg oil tanker bombing. Nasser al Bahri, Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard, was denied a visa to visit France.
Yemeni soldiers killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and detained another after a shootout at a checkpoint in the western province of Hudaydah. The al Qaeda fighters reportedly tried to use fake identification cards from the Central Security and National Security Directorates. Security has been raised at oil and diplomatic facilities after […]
The father of radical al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki said his son “will cease his statements and speeches against” the US if he is removed from a list of targeted terrorists. Yemen said it is searching for Awlaki but has not been given information on his activities. The chief of the Awlaki tribe denied […]
Al Qaeda in Yemen: Nomads or nucleus?
Yemen will not arrest or kill Anwar al Awlaki, the US cleric who serves as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s mufti. “Anwar al-Awlaki has to us been always looked at as a preacher rather than a terrorist and shouldn’t be looked at as a terrorist unless the Americans have evidence that he has been […]
Somalis on the move but fewer reach safe havens: UNHCR
Al Qaeda members land in Somalia from Yemen-govt
The Obama administration approved the targeted killing of Anwar al Awlaki, the mufti for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Awlaki is a US citizen and is believed to be hiding in Yemen. He has encouraged Muslims to conduct attacks in the US.
Pentagon eyeing drone shift to aid Somalia
Somalis in rare march against al-Shabab militants
President Saleh said the media has exaggerated the size of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Security forces detained two Europeans who were training with weapons in the mountains in the southern province of Dhamar. Yemeni Marines foiled a hijacking off the coast.
Saudi Arabia announced arrests of 113 alleged al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists whom it claims were planning attacks against oil facilities. Over the past six years, al Qaeda and other jihadi groups have come to see attacks against oil targets as one of the keys to their economic strategy.
Militants™ worst foe may be Somalians on street
US warns of al-Qaida threat to ships off Yemen
President Saleh denied reports of a US military presence on Yemeni soil. “Some media reports are unfounded and there is no any US presence on the land of Yemen and there is no any treaty or agreement allowing US presence on our territory,” Saleh said.
Defense.gov News Article: CENTCOM looks beyond Iraq, Afghanistan, Petraeus says
Yemeni strike aircraft targeted an al Qaeda camp in Abyan province on March 14; two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commanders are said to have been killed. Three more strikes were launched in Abyan today.
The Yemeni military claims two top al Qaeda military leaders were killed in an airstrike yesterday. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said a top financier and military commander was killed earlier this year.
US citizen accused in Yemen killing had been under FBI watch
Sharif Mobley, the American al Qaeda operative detained in Yemen last month, worked as a “laborer” at the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear reactors in New Jersey, as well as at other nuclear reactors in the region. Mobley killed a security guard at a hospital in Sana’a.
Al-Qaeda suspect, Sharif Mobley, worked at US nuclear plants
BA terror suspect Rajib Karim ‘offered advice to overseas militants™
Security forces detained an American al Qaeda operative and 10 others during sweeps last month. The American, Sharif Mobley, from Buena, New Jersey, killed a security guard as he attempted to escape from a hospital where he was receiving medical treatment.
Gunfire erupts at Yemen hospital
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Police arrested 11 suspected members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula during a raid in the capital of Sana’a. The father of one of the suspects was killed after shooting and wounding a policeman during the raid.
Pakistan – Court hears ‘terror charges’ against five Americans
The military said it killed Ali Saleh al Yafei, a wanted member of the separatist Southern Movement with links to al Qaeda, during a raid in the town of Zinjibar in Abyan province. Yafei’s wife and two children, and two soldiers were also killed. Three of Yafei’s followers were detained.
In Yemen™s South, protests could cause more instability