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Al-Qaida Yemen offers bounty for kills
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December 31, 2012, Monday
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AL-QAIDA'S branch in Yemen has offered to pay tens of thousands of dollars to anyone who kills the US ambassador in Sanaa or a US soldier in the country.
An audio produced by the group's media arm, the al-Malahem Foundation, and posted on militant websites on Saturday said it offered three kilograms of gold, worth US$160,000, for killing the ambassador.
The group said it will pay 5 million Yemeni riyals (US$23,000) to anyone who kills an American soldier inside Yemen.
It said the offer is valid for six months.
The bounties were set to "inspire and encourage our Muslim nation for jihad," the statement said.
Washington considers al-Qaida in Yemen to be the group's most dangerous branch.
The group overran entire towns and villages last year by taking advantage of a security lapse during nationwide protests that eventually ousted the country's longtime ruler. Backed by the US military experts based at a southern air base, Yemen's army was able to regain control of the southern region, but al-Qaida militants continue to launch deadly attacks on security forces that have killed hundreds.
In the capital, Sanaa, officials said two gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed two intelligence officers early yesterday.
An audio produced by the group's media arm, the al-Malahem Foundation, and posted on militant websites on Saturday said it offered three kilograms of gold, worth US$160,000, for killing the ambassador.
The group said it will pay 5 million Yemeni riyals (US$23,000) to anyone who kills an American soldier inside Yemen.
It said the offer is valid for six months.
The bounties were set to "inspire and encourage our Muslim nation for jihad," the statement said.
Washington considers al-Qaida in Yemen to be the group's most dangerous branch.
The group overran entire towns and villages last year by taking advantage of a security lapse during nationwide protests that eventually ousted the country's longtime ruler. Backed by the US military experts based at a southern air base, Yemen's army was able to regain control of the southern region, but al-Qaida militants continue to launch deadly attacks on security forces that have killed hundreds.
In the capital, Sanaa, officials said two gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed two intelligence officers early yesterday.
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