Posted on 01/12/2010 11:16:05 PM PST by rdl6989
The leader of a Yemeni al-Qaeda cell has been killed in clashes with security forces, Yemen's state news agency has said.
The agency said the home of the militant, identified by the governor of Yemen's Shabwa province as Abdullah al-Mehdarhad, was surrounded by security forces on Tuesday and that he was killed as a result of an exchange of fire.
Yemen, the Arab world's poorest nation, came to the foreground of US-led efforts to battle Islamist militants after the Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda said it was behind a failed Dec. 25 plot to bomb a US-bound airliner.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
ping.
Ping!
Bump.
That’s one......
Well put.
Yeeeeehaaaaaa!
SAN’A, Yemen (AP) - A Yemeni governor says security forces killed a suspected al-Qaida figure in a raid in a remote mountainous province.
Security officials also say two members of the security forces were killed and four wounded when suspected al-Qaida fighters attacked their patrol Wednesday elsewhere in Shabwa province, east of the capital.
Shabwa’s governor, Ali Ahmadi, says the militant, Abdullah Mizhar, was killed Tuesday night in the raid on a house in the Maysaa region. Ahmadi says Mizhar was the leader of a local group of al-Qaida fighters.
Security officials say four others with Mizhar were arrested, while the rest fled. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk
That just warms my heart.
It’s the best news of the day.
Now let’s get Osama and the rest of his gang.
I’d like to see an American military confirmation on this, too.
A lot of “dead” jihadis seem to be popping up alive, lately (in various parts of the world).
THANKS Rdl6989 for the ping.
Good news if true.
Now let’s get Osama and the rest of his gang.
Yep!
It’s just a cell leader so don’t get too excited. Al Aulaqi and al Zindani are still breathing.
Well, maybe not Aulaqi... did they ever confirm that one?
Anwar al-Awlaki is an unconfirmed kill at this point.
but then, we would lawyer him up anyway and give him thre sqaures and a comfy cot so maybe not.
Here was a little update back in June regarding the Lakawanna Cell:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272698/posts
THAT makes me feel warm and fuzzy... I guess the local ACORN office can hire them on as volunteer community organizers.
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