Yemeni forces kill terror leader
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January 14, 2010, Thursday
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YEMENI security forces killed a suspected al-Qaida leader and arrested four others in a raid on a house in a remote mountainous province, the region's governor said yesterday.
Elsewhere in Shabwa province, suspected al-Qaida fighters ambushed a patrol, killing two members of the security forces and wounding four others, officials said.
The violence came as Yemen stepped up its operations against al-Qaida with increased help from the United States, which has ramped up its funding and training of the Yemeni security forces.
Washington says al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen has become a global threat after it allegedly plotted the Christmas Day attempt to bomb a US passenger jet.
Shabwa province is one of several where hundreds of al-Qaida fighters are believed to have taken refuge.
Shabwa's governor, Ali Ahmadi, identified the slain militant as Abdullah Mizhar, a native of the province who was on the list of wanted al-Qaida figures.
Ahmadi said he was killed after security forces surrounded a house in Maysaa, about 380 kilometers southeast of the capital, San'a, and exchanged fire with about 20 militants inside.
Elsewhere in Shabwa province, suspected al-Qaida fighters ambushed a patrol, killing two members of the security forces and wounding four others, officials said.
The violence came as Yemen stepped up its operations against al-Qaida with increased help from the United States, which has ramped up its funding and training of the Yemeni security forces.
Washington says al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen has become a global threat after it allegedly plotted the Christmas Day attempt to bomb a US passenger jet.
Shabwa province is one of several where hundreds of al-Qaida fighters are believed to have taken refuge.
Shabwa's governor, Ali Ahmadi, identified the slain militant as Abdullah Mizhar, a native of the province who was on the list of wanted al-Qaida figures.
Ahmadi said he was killed after security forces surrounded a house in Maysaa, about 380 kilometers southeast of the capital, San'a, and exchanged fire with about 20 militants inside.
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