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Yemen: 100 al Qaeda fighters killed in south
April 05, 2012
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The ministry's figure could not be independently confirmed. Earlier figures reported by The Associated Press said nearly 50 militants have been killed in the last few days of fighting in southern Yemen.
The statement gave no other details about the offensive and did not mention any casualties sustained by the military.
Al Qaeda and other militant groups have taken advantage of Yemen's yearlong political turmoil to overrun large swaths of territory in the country's south, even capturing several key cities and towns there.
Yemen's uprising, inspired by Arab revolts elsewhere, forced longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of office in
The ministry's figure could not be independently confirmed. Earlier figures reported by The Associated Press said nearly 50 militants have been killed in the last few days of fighting in southern Yemen.
The statement gave no other details about the offensive and did not mention any casualties sustained by the military.
Al Qaeda and other militant groups have taken advantage of Yemen's yearlong political turmoil to overrun large swaths of territory in the country's south, even capturing several key cities and towns there.
Yemen's uprising, inspired by Arab revolts elsewhere, forced longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of office in
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