By Nasser Arrabyee/16/10/2010
A Yemeni accused of financing Al Qaeda activities in Yemen was arrested in Sana’a air port on Friday October 15th, as he returned from Saudi Arabia, said the Yemen’s ministry of interior in a statement on Saturday.
The ministry said the 33-year old Saleh Al Raimi was in the blacklist and wanted for security for his financing Al Qaeda in Yemen.
The arrest came as the government’s open war against Al Qaeda intensified.
Two soldiers at least were killed when Al Qaeda militants fired RPGs on reinforcement troops on their way to a mountainous area south of Yemen where a group of Al Qaeda militants are hiding, local sources said Saturday.
Three vehicles and two tanks were damaged when about 30 Al Qaeda militants attacked the military campaign in the area of Khadeer on their way to Mudia , the sources said.
Late afternoon Saturday, the fighter jets started to bomb the areas where Al Qaeda militants positioning in the mountainous area between Lawdar and Mudia, especially Al Dahma and Slamia.
Last Thursday, the governor and security director of Abyan survived an assassination attempt only hours after the security director of Mudia was killed.
Population of the close villages where airstrikes were implemented have started to displace to safer places as the fighting intensifies, the sources said.
The security sources confirmed that Al Qaeda militants attacked the reinforcement troops but denied the damage of vehicles and tanks. The security sources said that a car bomb driven by a terrorist went off before the campaign arrived to the place of explosion. The suicide bomber killed himself and the car was destroyed, said the security sources.
Separately, two intelligence officers were injured when they failed to defuse a bomb which was put in a parking car belonging to one of them in the city of Zunjubar.
The colonel Abaid Ali Mubarak, director of the political security in Ahwar district and when his colleagues were taken to hospital after they failed to defuse the bomb which was put in his car, local sources said.
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Airstrikes on Al Qaeda hideouts, after attack on reinforcement troops
By Nasser Arrabyee/16/10/2010
Two soldiers at least were killed when Al Qaeda militants fired RPGs on reinforcement troops on their way to a mountainous area south of Yemen where a group of Al Qaeda militants are hiding, local sources said Saturday.
Three vehicles and two tanks were damaged when about 30 Al Qaeda militants attacked the military campaign in the area of Khadeer on their way to Mudia, the southern province of Abyan , the sources said.
Late afternoon Saturday, the fighter jets started to bomb the areas where Al Qaeda militants positioning in the mountainous area between Lawdar and Mudia, especially Al Dahma and Slamia.
Population of the close villages have started to displace to safer places as the fighting intensifies, the sources said.
The security sources confirmed that Al Qaeda militants attacked the reinforcement troops but denied the damage of vehicles and tanks. The security sources said that a car bomb driven by a terrorist went off before the campaign arrived to the place of explosion. The suicide bomber killed himself and the car was destroyed, said the security sources.
Separately, two intelligence officers were injured when they failed to defuse a bomb which was put in a parking car belonging to one of them in the city of Zunjubar.
The colonel Abaid Ali Mubarak, director of the political security in Ahwar district and when his colleagues were taken to hospital after they failed to defuse the bomb which was put in his car, local sources said.
Two soldiers at least were killed when Al Qaeda militants fired RPGs on reinforcement troops on their way to a mountainous area south of Yemen where a group of Al Qaeda militants are hiding, local sources said Saturday.
Three vehicles and two tanks were damaged when about 30 Al Qaeda militants attacked the military campaign in the area of Khadeer on their way to Mudia, the southern province of Abyan , the sources said.
Late afternoon Saturday, the fighter jets started to bomb the areas where Al Qaeda militants positioning in the mountainous area between Lawdar and Mudia, especially Al Dahma and Slamia.
Population of the close villages have started to displace to safer places as the fighting intensifies, the sources said.
The security sources confirmed that Al Qaeda militants attacked the reinforcement troops but denied the damage of vehicles and tanks. The security sources said that a car bomb driven by a terrorist went off before the campaign arrived to the place of explosion. The suicide bomber killed himself and the car was destroyed, said the security sources.
Separately, two intelligence officers were injured when they failed to defuse a bomb which was put in a parking car belonging to one of them in the city of Zunjubar.
The colonel Abaid Ali Mubarak, director of the political security in Ahwar district and when his colleagues were taken to hospital after they failed to defuse the bomb which was put in his car, local sources said.
Al Qaeda suspect arrested, reward for arresting 8 others announced
By Nasser Arrabyee/16/10/2010
The Yemeni security forces arrested an Al Qaeda suspect in south Yemen while chasing after a group accused of killing a local security official, said the ministry of interior Saturday.
“The member of Al Qaeda Hani Ali Mohammed Al Thuraya, was arrested during a chasing operation in the area of Al Salamia and Al Jezah in Mudia district,” said the ministry in a statement.
Al Thuray, who was arrested with hand grenades, a wireless communication device, and explosives in his possession, was put in the central prison of Abyan, for investigation measures, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the ministry put a reward of 20 million Yemeni Rials (about 100,000 US$) for information leading to the arrest of any one of eight men wanted as Al Qaeda members. The ministry published their names and pictures calling the public to cooperate with the security forces to arrest them.
The ministry said that these eight were misled by terrorists who love killing and destruction, and brain-washed with dark, astray, and deviant thoughts that push them to death.
The ministry warned from providing any kind of help to those element who were identified as :
Ameen Abdullah Abdul Rehamn Al Othmani
Bashir Mohammed Ahmed Al Hulaisi
Shawki Ali Ahmed Al Badani
Abdul Elah Ali Kasem Al Mesbahi
Abdul Hamid Ahmed Al Jaishi
Mohammed Ali Abdullah Al Nashiri
Musleh Abdullah Ahmed Al Hulaisi.
Yousef Ahmed Muthna Ziyod.
The Yemeni security forces arrested an Al Qaeda suspect in south Yemen while chasing after a group accused of killing a local security official, said the ministry of interior Saturday.
“The member of Al Qaeda Hani Ali Mohammed Al Thuraya, was arrested during a chasing operation in the area of Al Salamia and Al Jezah in Mudia district,” said the ministry in a statement.
Al Thuray, who was arrested with hand grenades, a wireless communication device, and explosives in his possession, was put in the central prison of Abyan, for investigation measures, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the ministry put a reward of 20 million Yemeni Rials (about 100,000 US$) for information leading to the arrest of any one of eight men wanted as Al Qaeda members. The ministry published their names and pictures calling the public to cooperate with the security forces to arrest them.
The ministry said that these eight were misled by terrorists who love killing and destruction, and brain-washed with dark, astray, and deviant thoughts that push them to death.
The ministry warned from providing any kind of help to those element who were identified as :
Ameen Abdullah Abdul Rehamn Al Othmani
Bashir Mohammed Ahmed Al Hulaisi
Shawki Ali Ahmed Al Badani
Abdul Elah Ali Kasem Al Mesbahi
Abdul Hamid Ahmed Al Jaishi
Mohammed Ali Abdullah Al Nashiri
Musleh Abdullah Ahmed Al Hulaisi.
Yousef Ahmed Muthna Ziyod.
Friday, 15 October 2010
ex-Guantanamo Qaeda suspect turns himself in to Saudi authorities
Source: AFP, 15/10/2010
RIYADH — A former Guantanamo detainee who rejoined Al-Qaeda in Yemen after graduating from Saudi Arabia's rehabilitation programme has turned himself in to Saudi authorities, the government said on Friday.
Jaber Jabran al-Faifi, about 35, contacted the Saudi government in recent weeks saying he wanted to return home and a handover was arranged through Yemen's government, interior ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki said.
"He contacted our people during Ramadan and asked for their help to return to the kingdom," Turki said.
"We led him step-by-step until he reached Yemeni security forces, based on our instructions," he said.
Faifi was one of a group of former prisoners at the US Guantanamo prison who had been returned to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation in December 2006 but then escaped to Yemen two years ago after completing the reform programme.
The group became a key part of the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, and began plotting attacks on Saudi as well as Yemeni targets.
In total 11 of 117 Saudi Guantanamo returnees returned to militancy after completing the rehab programme, according to a top Saudi counter-terror official. Several have been killed or captured.
Faifi had been held in the US naval facility in Guantanamo, Cuba on accusations he trained and fought with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001.
US Defense Department documents say one of his aliases was on a captured Qaeda computer, that he fought against the Northern Alliance, and that in November-December 2001 he met with Qaeda members in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
The documents give no date or location or his arrest.
Turki said that Faifi's case will be administered "according to local laws" but that he will be given consideration for turning himself in.
"We will treat him like the others who surrendered."
Other Qaeda-linked militants who have turned themselves in have been put through the rehabilitation programme, which aims at convincing them through Islamic teachings that Qaeda's radical ideology is wrong.
It also offers strong financial inducements and supervision through the militant's family that aim at preventing him from resuming militant activities.
RIYADH — A former Guantanamo detainee who rejoined Al-Qaeda in Yemen after graduating from Saudi Arabia's rehabilitation programme has turned himself in to Saudi authorities, the government said on Friday.
Jaber Jabran al-Faifi, about 35, contacted the Saudi government in recent weeks saying he wanted to return home and a handover was arranged through Yemen's government, interior ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki said.
"He contacted our people during Ramadan and asked for their help to return to the kingdom," Turki said.
"We led him step-by-step until he reached Yemeni security forces, based on our instructions," he said.
Faifi was one of a group of former prisoners at the US Guantanamo prison who had been returned to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation in December 2006 but then escaped to Yemen two years ago after completing the reform programme.
The group became a key part of the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, and began plotting attacks on Saudi as well as Yemeni targets.
In total 11 of 117 Saudi Guantanamo returnees returned to militancy after completing the rehab programme, according to a top Saudi counter-terror official. Several have been killed or captured.
Faifi had been held in the US naval facility in Guantanamo, Cuba on accusations he trained and fought with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001.
US Defense Department documents say one of his aliases was on a captured Qaeda computer, that he fought against the Northern Alliance, and that in November-December 2001 he met with Qaeda members in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
The documents give no date or location or his arrest.
Turki said that Faifi's case will be administered "according to local laws" but that he will be given consideration for turning himself in.
"We will treat him like the others who surrendered."
Other Qaeda-linked militants who have turned themselves in have been put through the rehabilitation programme, which aims at convincing them through Islamic teachings that Qaeda's radical ideology is wrong.
It also offers strong financial inducements and supervision through the militant's family that aim at preventing him from resuming militant activities.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Five soldiers killed in fight with Al Qaeda militants after assassinating officials
Fierce clashes have started between reinforcement troops and Al Qaeda fighters
Governor escaped assassination, hours after killing security official
By Nasser Arrabyee/14/10/2010
At least five soldiers were killed and more than 10 injured in clashes between Al Qaeda fighters and security forces in Al Jezah area close to Mudia town, Abyan province south of Yemen, local sources said late Thursday.
The clashes took place when Al Qaeda fighters fired RPGs on military vehicles within a
reinforcement campaign while on their way to strike a besieged group believed to be behind killing a security official this morning and attempting to assassinate more senior officials this afternoon.
Three vehicles were burnt in the fierce clashes in which two of the attackers were arrested and some others were killed and injured, the sources said.
Earlier, at least two people were killed and several others injured when gunmen believed to be Al Qaeda militants tried to assassinate the governor of Abyan in the restive south of Yemen only hours after killing a senior security official in the same province , local sources said Thursday.
The governor of Abyan Ahmed Al Maysary, escaped an assassination attempt when Al Qaeda suspects made an ambush for the governor’s convoy in the area of Mueen between Mudia and Zunjubar, killing two at least of his bodyguards and injuring four others. One of the two who died was the governor’s brother, Ali Al Maysary, the sources said.
The governor Al Maysary, along with a number of officials including the security director of Abyan, Abdul Razak Al Marwani, were in their way to Mudia town whose security director was killed earlier in the day by Al Qaeda suspects. The governor Al Maysary returned to the capital of the province Zunjubar after clashes with the gunmen .
One of the attackers was arrested according to local sources.
According to local sources, a military campaign started later after noon to lay a siege on a group of Al Qaeda suspects under the leadership of Anwar Al Ambari, in a mounteous place close to town of Mudia. Anwar Al Ambari is a relative of a local leader of Al Qaeda killed earlier this year in MUdia in a security operation implemented by the government troops. Anwar Al Ambari and his group were accused of killing the security director of Mudia, major, Abdullah Al Baham earlier on Thursday.
The sources also said that tribesmen from the tribe of Al Baham, are supporting the security forces against the besieged group.
Major Abdullah Mohammed Al Baham, was killed, and two of his bodyguards were injured, when gunmen opened fire on him in the middle of Mudia town, the sources said.
The director of Mudia district, Mohammed Al Nakhe said Al Qaeda militants were behind the killing of Al Baham. The official also said that security forces are surrounding the place where the attackers are hiding.
However, local sources said major Al Baham was killed while on his way for dispersing demonstration organized by the separatist southern movement in Mudia.
Thousands of supporters of the separatist southern movement staged anti-unity demonstrations in the southern provinces of Lahj, Al Dhale’e and Abyan . Carrying flags of former state of the south, demonstrators called for separation between the south and north which united in 1990.
Governor escaped assassination, hours after killing security official
By Nasser Arrabyee/14/10/2010
At least five soldiers were killed and more than 10 injured in clashes between Al Qaeda fighters and security forces in Al Jezah area close to Mudia town, Abyan province south of Yemen, local sources said late Thursday.
The clashes took place when Al Qaeda fighters fired RPGs on military vehicles within a
reinforcement campaign while on their way to strike a besieged group believed to be behind killing a security official this morning and attempting to assassinate more senior officials this afternoon.
Three vehicles were burnt in the fierce clashes in which two of the attackers were arrested and some others were killed and injured, the sources said.
Earlier, at least two people were killed and several others injured when gunmen believed to be Al Qaeda militants tried to assassinate the governor of Abyan in the restive south of Yemen only hours after killing a senior security official in the same province , local sources said Thursday.
The governor of Abyan Ahmed Al Maysary, escaped an assassination attempt when Al Qaeda suspects made an ambush for the governor’s convoy in the area of Mueen between Mudia and Zunjubar, killing two at least of his bodyguards and injuring four others. One of the two who died was the governor’s brother, Ali Al Maysary, the sources said.
The governor Al Maysary, along with a number of officials including the security director of Abyan, Abdul Razak Al Marwani, were in their way to Mudia town whose security director was killed earlier in the day by Al Qaeda suspects. The governor Al Maysary returned to the capital of the province Zunjubar after clashes with the gunmen .
One of the attackers was arrested according to local sources.
According to local sources, a military campaign started later after noon to lay a siege on a group of Al Qaeda suspects under the leadership of Anwar Al Ambari, in a mounteous place close to town of Mudia. Anwar Al Ambari is a relative of a local leader of Al Qaeda killed earlier this year in MUdia in a security operation implemented by the government troops. Anwar Al Ambari and his group were accused of killing the security director of Mudia, major, Abdullah Al Baham earlier on Thursday.
The sources also said that tribesmen from the tribe of Al Baham, are supporting the security forces against the besieged group.
Major Abdullah Mohammed Al Baham, was killed, and two of his bodyguards were injured, when gunmen opened fire on him in the middle of Mudia town, the sources said.
The director of Mudia district, Mohammed Al Nakhe said Al Qaeda militants were behind the killing of Al Baham. The official also said that security forces are surrounding the place where the attackers are hiding.
However, local sources said major Al Baham was killed while on his way for dispersing demonstration organized by the separatist southern movement in Mudia.
Thousands of supporters of the separatist southern movement staged anti-unity demonstrations in the southern provinces of Lahj, Al Dhale’e and Abyan . Carrying flags of former state of the south, demonstrators called for separation between the south and north which united in 1990.
Governor escaped assassination, hours after killing security official
By Nasser Arrabyee/14/10/2010
At least two people were killed and several others injured when gunmen believed to be Al Qaeda militants tried to assassinate the governor of Abyan in the restive south of Yemen only hours after killing a senior security official in the same province , local sources said Thursday.
The governor of Abyan Ahmed Al Maysary, escaped an assassination attempt when Al Qaeda suspects made an ambush for the governor’s convoy in the area of Mueen between Mudia and Zunjubar, killing two at least of his bodyguards and injuring four others. One of the two who died was the governor’s brother, Ali Al Maysary, the sources said.
The governor Al Maysary, along with a number of officials including the security director of Abyan, Abdul Razak Al Marwani, were in their way to Mudia town whose security director was killed earlier in the day by Al Qaeda suspects. The governor Al Maysary returned to the capital of the province Zunjubar after clashes with the gunmen .
One of the attackers was arrested according to local sources.
According to local sources, a military campaign started later after noon to lay a siege on a group of Al Qaeda suspects under the leadership of Anwar Al Ambari, in a mounteous place close to town of Mudia. Anwar Al Ambari is a relative of a local leader of Al Qaeda killed earlier this year in MUdia in a security operation implemented by the government troops. Anwar Al Ambari and his group were accused of killing the security director of Mudia, major, Abdullah Al Baham earlier on Thursday.
The sources also said that tribesmen from the tribe of Al Baham, are supporting the security forces against the besieged group.
Major Abdullah Mohammed Al Baham, was killed, and two of his bodyguards were injured, when gunmen opened fire on him in the middle of Mudia town, the sources said.
The director of Mudia district, Mohammed Al Nakhe said Al Qaeda militants were behind the killing of Al Baham. The official also said that security forces are surrounding the place where the attackers are hiding.
However, local sources said major Al Baham was killed while on his way for dispersing demonstration organized by the separatist southern movement in Mudia.Thousands of supporters of the separatist southern movement staged anti-unity demonstrations in the southern provinces of Lahj, Al Dhale’e and Abyan . Carrying flags of former state of the south, demonstrators called for separation between the south and north which united in 1990.
At least two people were killed and several others injured when gunmen believed to be Al Qaeda militants tried to assassinate the governor of Abyan in the restive south of Yemen only hours after killing a senior security official in the same province , local sources said Thursday.
The governor of Abyan Ahmed Al Maysary, escaped an assassination attempt when Al Qaeda suspects made an ambush for the governor’s convoy in the area of Mueen between Mudia and Zunjubar, killing two at least of his bodyguards and injuring four others. One of the two who died was the governor’s brother, Ali Al Maysary, the sources said.
The governor Al Maysary, along with a number of officials including the security director of Abyan, Abdul Razak Al Marwani, were in their way to Mudia town whose security director was killed earlier in the day by Al Qaeda suspects. The governor Al Maysary returned to the capital of the province Zunjubar after clashes with the gunmen .
One of the attackers was arrested according to local sources.
According to local sources, a military campaign started later after noon to lay a siege on a group of Al Qaeda suspects under the leadership of Anwar Al Ambari, in a mounteous place close to town of Mudia. Anwar Al Ambari is a relative of a local leader of Al Qaeda killed earlier this year in MUdia in a security operation implemented by the government troops. Anwar Al Ambari and his group were accused of killing the security director of Mudia, major, Abdullah Al Baham earlier on Thursday.
The sources also said that tribesmen from the tribe of Al Baham, are supporting the security forces against the besieged group.
Major Abdullah Mohammed Al Baham, was killed, and two of his bodyguards were injured, when gunmen opened fire on him in the middle of Mudia town, the sources said.
The director of Mudia district, Mohammed Al Nakhe said Al Qaeda militants were behind the killing of Al Baham. The official also said that security forces are surrounding the place where the attackers are hiding.
However, local sources said major Al Baham was killed while on his way for dispersing demonstration organized by the separatist southern movement in Mudia.Thousands of supporters of the separatist southern movement staged anti-unity demonstrations in the southern provinces of Lahj, Al Dhale’e and Abyan . Carrying flags of former state of the south, demonstrators called for separation between the south and north which united in 1990.
Security official killed in restive town
By Nasser Arrabyee/14/10/2010
A security official was killed in the town of Mudia of the southern province of Abyan, officials and local sources said Thursday.
Major Abdullah Mohammed Al Baham, was killed, and two of his bodyguards were injured, when gunmen opened fire on him in the middle of Mudia town, the sources said.
The director of Mudia district, Mohammed Al Nakhe said Al Qaeda militants were behind the killing of Al Baham. The official also said that security forces are surrounding the place where the attackers are hiding.
However, local sources said major Al Baham was killed while on his way for dispersing demonstration organized by the separatist southern movement in Mudia.
The southern provinces of Lahj, Al Dhale’e and Abyan witnessed angry demonstrations by the separation movement . Carrying flags of former state of the south, demonstrators called for separation between the south and north which united in 1990.
A security official was killed in the town of Mudia of the southern province of Abyan, officials and local sources said Thursday.
Major Abdullah Mohammed Al Baham, was killed, and two of his bodyguards were injured, when gunmen opened fire on him in the middle of Mudia town, the sources said.
The director of Mudia district, Mohammed Al Nakhe said Al Qaeda militants were behind the killing of Al Baham. The official also said that security forces are surrounding the place where the attackers are hiding.
However, local sources said major Al Baham was killed while on his way for dispersing demonstration organized by the separatist southern movement in Mudia.
The southern provinces of Lahj, Al Dhale’e and Abyan witnessed angry demonstrations by the separation movement . Carrying flags of former state of the south, demonstrators called for separation between the south and north which united in 1990.
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