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Yemen strikes multi-faceted deals with al Qaeda
Yemen strikes multi-faceted deals with al Qaeda
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh recently struck a deal with Ayman Zawahiri, and Yemen is in the process of emptying its jails of known jihadists. The Yemeni government is recruiting these established jihadists to attack its ...
The Associated Press: Official: Yemen releases 170 al-Qaida suspects
google.com — 2 hours ago SAN'A, Yemen (AP) Yemen released 170 men it had arrested on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaida, security officials said Sunday, two weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen had become the base of its activities for the whole ... (more) The Associated Press: Official: Yemen releases 170 ...
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Official: Yemen releases 170 al-Qaida suspects
thestar.com.my — SAN'A, Yemen (AP): Yemeni security officials say the country has released 170 suspected al-Qaida members from custody, less than two weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen has become a base for its regional activities. The officials say the ... (more) Official: Yemen releases 170 al-Qaida suspects
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Bill Roggio: Yemen strikes multi-faceted deals with al Qaeda
Victory Caucus -- All Content — ... Wednesday, 11 February 2009 President Saleh has a long history of negotiating deals with al Qaeda. The planned release of 170 al Qaeda suspects is part of the current negotiations. read ...

Yemen strikes multi-faceted deals with al Qaeda
Armies of Liberation — ... the 1994 war. A copy of the letter was obtained by News Yemen. Echoing the earlier agreement by Saleh and Zawahiri late in 2008, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula explained to its followers that President Saleh wants jihadists to fight on behalf of the state, especially those who did already in 1994, against the enemies of unity- southern oppositionists. AQAP in return will gain prison releases and unimpeded travel to external theaters of jihad, the letter explained. -Jane, Long War Journal

Good News: Country Strikes Deal with al Qaeda
The Jawa Report — ... February 12, 2009 Good News: Country Strikes Deal with al Qaeda Jane Novak report that the recent emptying of Yemen's jails of al Qaeda terrorists is a sign that the country's leadership has struck a deal with Ayman al-Zawahiri. ...

Two Opposition Leaders Murdered in Yemen as Political Assassination Campaign Begins
The Jawa Report — March 19, 2009 Two Opposition Leaders Murdered in Yemen as Political Assassination Campaign Begins As earlier reported here and updated ...

Yemeni Socialist Leader-And His Two Year Old- Murdered
Armies of Liberation — As earlier reported here and updated here , the government of Yemen struck a deal in January with “co-opted terrorists”. The jihaddists agreed to target the regime’s political foes in exchange for money, prisoner releases and the city of Ja’ar. In an apparent culmination of the deal, two southern political leaders have been assassinated in Amran governorate, north of the capital Sana’a in the last week. A two year old child was also murdered in his father’s arms. An Arabic language report is here . Mohsen Wakaz was murdered today along with his toddler son, ...

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