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By Fatik al-Rdoaini
SANA'A, May 17, 2012-
At least three al-Qaeda militants were killed
on Wednesday night in an American drone strike in the Yemeni city of Shibam,
eastern Hadhramout province.
According to security sources the American
strike rocked a convoy of al-Qaeda militants, killing three passengers in it.
"After a racket hit the vehicle of
al-Qaeda militants, there was a series of explosions from a vehicle believed to
be laden with explosives," a resident reported.
Meanwhile, battles between Ansar al-Sharia , a
terror group linked to al-Qaeda, and Yemeni troops backed by tribesmen have
been continued for the fifth consecutive day in Yemen's southern province of
Abyan.
A tribal source said that militants fled the
scene of the battles in al-Haror district of Zanjibar, which has been
witnessing lately fierce battles between Yemen's army forces along with
local tribal allies against AQAP in a tempt by Yemen central government to
regain swaths of towns seized by the group since the last year.
The
source reported that clashes took place in Mothelath al-Kahraba since Wednesday
night between the militants and the local tribal committees.
Witnesses
said that tens of al-Qaeda militants fled towards Shakera district, while
tribal committees vowing to continue their battles to control the whole province
of Abyan.
''The
whole residents of Abyan celebrated the victory against al-Qaeda,'' a resident in
Abyan commented.
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