Sanaa (Yemen): Sneaking across the desert behind army lines, al-Qaida militants launched a surprise attack against military bases in south Yemen, killing 107 soldiers and capturing heavy weapons they later used to kill more troops, officials said on Monday.
The military officials said at least 32 of the militants were killed in Sunday’s fighting in Abyan province and scores were wounded from both sides. Medical officials in the area confirmed the death toll figures. They said that the poor services in local hospitals accounted for the death of many soldiers who suffered serious wounds.
The high death toll among the troops is believed to be the highest on record in battles fought by the army against al-Qaida militants, emboldened by the political turmoil roiling the impoverished Arab nation for more than a year.
The militants’ attack appeared to be al-Qaida’s response to a pledge by Yemen’s newly inaugurated president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to fight the Yemeni branch of the terror network.
The military officials said the militants’ surprise attack outside Abyan’s provincial capital Zinjibar also led to the capture of 55 soldiers. The captives were paraded on the streets of Jaar, a nearby town that has been under al-Qaida’s control for about a year. AP
Gunmen in disguise kill 27 cops in Iraq
Suspected al-Qaida gunmen, some wearing army uniforms, raged through a western Iraqi city on Monday in a pre-dawn shooting spree that killed 27 policemen, including two officers killed executionstyle. The assault saw insurgents in military uniforms simultaneously attacking two checkpoints in the east and west of Haditha before storming other security posts and raiding the homes of the two officers.
The military officials said at least 32 of the militants were killed in Sunday’s fighting in Abyan province and scores were wounded from both sides. Medical officials in the area confirmed the death toll figures. They said that the poor services in local hospitals accounted for the death of many soldiers who suffered serious wounds.
The high death toll among the troops is believed to be the highest on record in battles fought by the army against al-Qaida militants, emboldened by the political turmoil roiling the impoverished Arab nation for more than a year.
The militants’ attack appeared to be al-Qaida’s response to a pledge by Yemen’s newly inaugurated president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to fight the Yemeni branch of the terror network.
The military officials said the militants’ surprise attack outside Abyan’s provincial capital Zinjibar also led to the capture of 55 soldiers. The captives were paraded on the streets of Jaar, a nearby town that has been under al-Qaida’s control for about a year. AP
Gunmen in disguise kill 27 cops in Iraq
Suspected al-Qaida gunmen, some wearing army uniforms, raged through a western Iraqi city on Monday in a pre-dawn shooting spree that killed 27 policemen, including two officers killed executionstyle. The assault saw insurgents in military uniforms simultaneously attacking two checkpoints in the east and west of Haditha before storming other security posts and raiding the homes of the two officers.
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