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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula urges jihad

A Yemen-based offshoot of al-Qaeda has called on Muslims in the region to wage holy war against the US and its allies. A purported audio statement by Said al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, warned "American and Crusader interests are everywhere".

The Yemeni government vowed to make political and economic improvements that will allow better use of foreign aid, during a meeting in London aimed at bolstering the Gulf nation’s struggle against al-Qaeda.

Yemen air strikes pound Qaeda leader's home: military

SANAA — Yemeni jets pounded the home of a suspected Al-Qaeda leader Wednesday, an army source said, as the military stepped up pressure on the group believed behind a botched bid to down a US airliner.

Al Qaeda says fighters alive, Yemen vows more strikes

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda said on Monday its fighters had survived an air strike last week that Yemeni officials said killed six leaders of the militant group.

Yemeni airstrike kills six suspected al-Qaeda militants

Sudarsan Raghavan The Washington Post 01/16/2010
Yemeni airstrike kills six suspected al-Qaeda militants

Yemeni forces killed six suspected al-Qaeda militants Friday, possibly including the network's top military commander in Yemen, in an airstrike near the Saudi Arabian border, Yemeni officials said.

Yemen clerics call for jihad to resist against foreign intervention

SANAA — Yemen's council of clerics called on Thursday for jihad if foreign troops join the war on Al-Qaeda in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country, as the government vowed to eradicate the extremists.

Yemeni forces kill Al-Qaeda kingpin: governor

Hammoud Mounassar AFP 01/13/2010
Yemeni forces kill Al-Qaeda kingpin: governor

SANAA — Yemeni security forces have killed an Al-Qaeda kingpin in Shabwa province in intensive operations against the group believed behind the botched bombing of a US airliner, an official said on Wednesday.

Yemen talking to kidnappers of Briton, Germans

Yemen has started negotiations with kidnappers holding one British and five German hostages, the Yemeni foreign minister said on Tuesday, a day after his German counterpart visited the conflict-ridden country.

No plan to send troops to Yemen, Obama says

Olivia Hampton AFP 01/11/2010

Yemenis Consider Sending al Qaeda to Rehab

MARGARET COKER and CHARLES LEVINSON The Wall Street Journal 01/09/2010
No plan to send troops to Yemen, Obama says

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he has "no intention" of sending US troops to fight militants in Yemen and Somalia, despite growing concern over the presence of militant cells there.

Yemenis Consider Sending al Qaeda to Rehab

SAN'A, Yemen -- As Yemeni security forces mobilize against al Qaeda, Hamoud Al Hitar, minister of Islamic Endowment, is advocating what he says is a better way of curing the country of its Islamist militants: rehab.


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