Local al-Qaida leader killed in eastern Yemen
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
- 28 January 2010: International conference agrees on plan for Yemen's terror problem
- 25 January 2010: Gordon Brown: Extra troops for Afghanistan, Yemen security the focus for int'l conference
- 25 January 2010: Three Yemeni troops killed in shooting
- 13 January 2010: Local al-Qaida leader killed in eastern Yemen
- 12 January 2010: UNHCR: 200,000 people displaced by violence in Yemen
Yemeni local al-Qaida leader Abdullah Mehdar has been killed in a raid of his home in the Shabwah province. Four more men were arrested at the alleged al-Houta-area cell commander's house while several more escaped.
Shabwah Governor Ali Hassan al-Ahmadi told journalists that security forces had entered the Mehdar house and killed him on site. Abdullah Mehdar was added to Yemen's "List of the most wanted" by the Yemeni Interior Ministry earlier today.
Military annalists say that other commanders of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula may be hiding in Shabwah. The group are the suspected perpetrators of the failed bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253.
Sources
- Ian Black "Al-Qaida leader killed in Yemen as security operations intensify" – The Guardian, January 13, 2010
- "Local al-Qaida Leader Killed in Yemen" – VOA News, January 13, 2010
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