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June 8, 2012
PanARMENIAN.Net - Yemeni officials say at least 23 Al Qaeda-linked
militants have been killed in fighting in the country's south, AP reported.
The confrontations come during Yemen's campaign to retake parts of the
south from Al Qaeda following a year of internal turmoil.
Military officials say Al Qaeda militants tried to storm a small town
north of the group's stronghold of Jaar in Abyan province on Thursday. Armed
civilians along with soldiers backed by artillery fought off the Al Qaeda
militants, officials said. At least 20 were killed in the battle
Also in the south, warplanes bombed a vehicle suspected to belong to Al
Qaeda on the road between Jaar and another Al Qaeda stronghold — Zinjibar, the
capital of Abyan, killing three militants.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to speak to reporters.
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