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7 Qaeda men killed in Yemen
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 22 - 08 - 2010

Qaeda members were killed in clashes with the army in south Yemen, the Defense Ministry's news website said Saturday, bringing to 21 the death toll from the previous day's fighting.
Three Al-Qaeda militants were also wounded in Friday's clashes between the army and gunmen in the city of Loder, Abyan province, said the 26Sep.net website, updating an earlier toll.
It said three foreigners were among the seven dead Al-Qaeda members. The latest reported deaths add to an earlier toll of 11 soldiers and three civilians killed. The Defense Ministry said it had managed to identify one of the slain Al-Qaeda fighters as Adham Shibani, adding that the wounded militants were currently being interrogated.
The security forces were tracking “other terrorists” who took part in Friday's fighting, it said. Militants who fled were named as Ahmed Mohammed Abdu Daradish, Abdel Rauf Abdullah Mohammed Nassib and Jalal Saleh Mohammed Saidi.
The Interior Ministry had said on Friday that 11 soldiers were killed “in an ambush set up by Al-Qaeda terrorists and outlaws cooperating with them.”
Eight of the soldiers were killed when a rocket-propelled grenade hit their armored vehicle, according to Loder's regional security chief Yahya Al-Barkani.
Three civilians were killed and another four wounded when soldiers bombarded buildings near Loder market from where the military was being targeted, medical sources said.
Ex-Gitmo inmate surrenders
An Al-Qaeda militant, who served time at the US-run prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has surrendered to Yemeni authorities after expressing remorse over his history, a security source said Saturday.
Ali Hussein Al-Taiss “expressed remorse for having served in Al-Qaeda” and said he was “ready to collaborate” with Yemeni authorities, the source was quoted by the official Saba news agency as saying.
The source did not provide details on how the surrender was negotiated or when it took place. On Aug. 15, Yemen announced the surrender of another Al


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