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By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press
April 19, 2012
SANAA, Yemen—Yemeni military officials and witnesses say ground troops
have advanced on the provincial capital of Abyan province with heavy clashes
that killed 19 al-Qaida-linked militants.
The officials said Thursday the troops seized a neighborhood in
southeast Zinjibar during the first ground operation in the al-Qaida stronghold
since the summer. The Defense ministry in a statement said 19 militants were
killed.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the operation was
still under way.
The military has been waging a wide offensive against militant positions
in southern Yemen. Al-Qaida militants have been trying to regain control
Lawder, a town north of Zinjibar, after residents chased them out last summer.
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