A Yemeni security official says five soldiers and two al-Qaida militants have been killed in fighting in the central town of Radda, and a senior intelligence officer was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in the south. According to AP, the official says the soldiers were killed Saturday when al-Qaida fighters attacked a military checkpoint in Radda. Another security official says Col. Ahmed Abdel-Razaq, who was the intelligence chief in Mukalla, the capital of southern Hadramawt province, was killed Saturday by two gunmen on a motorcycle. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
