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March 8 2012
The UN Security Council on
Wednesday condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack on an army camp in
southern Yemen that killed 185 soldiers.
In a statement published after
talks on Yemen at the council, the 15 member states “reiterated their
determination to combat all forms of terrorism.”
Calling terrorism “one of the most
serious threats to international peace and security,” they said that “any acts
of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable.”
The council also reminded
concerned states that “they must ensure that measures taken to combat terrorism
comply with all their obligations under international law, in particular
international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law.”
Al-Qaeda earlier claimed
responsibility for Sunday's attack at an army camp in Kud, a town in southern
Abyan province.
The militants said they seized a
tank, anti-aircraft weapons, a rocket launcher, rockets and 11 Kalashnikov
assault rifles, as well as three military vehicles and “a large amount of
ammunition.”
They also claimed to have
destroyed two tanks and burned an ammunition store. - AFP
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