Posted on 03/29/2009 1:32:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Yemeni authorities said they arrested 10 Islamic militants in a major offensive on Saturday in the south of the country and witnesses said four policemen were killed in the fighting.
Clashes erupted in Jaar, northeast of the port city of Aden, where police had been hunting for wanted members of jihadist groups.
"This campaign comes after dissident elements attacked members of the security forces and government interests, and disrupted peace and security over the past few weeks," a Jaar security official told AFP.
Four Yemeni policemen were killed in fighting, witnesses told AFP.
But an interior ministry official denied the report and said that several troops were wounded.
The official said that 10 members of the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army were arrested, including four who were wounded in clashes. Sources close to the Islamic Jihad group told AFP earlier that four people were arrested.
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