Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (C) enters the hall during the closing ceremony of the national dialogue conference in Sanaa January 25, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
Yemen President Says Country In Open War Against al Qaeda -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Yemen is in open war against al Qaeda and will go after the militants wherever they are, the president said on Thursday, as his country faces retaliatory attacks by insurgents bent on establishing an Islamist emirate in the Arabian peninsula state.
In his first remarks since the army launched an offensive to dislodge al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula from its southern strongholds more than two weeks ago, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi said his troops would go after the insurgents in southern, central and northern provinces.
After a wave of attacks against government officials, security forces and foreigners, Yemen launched its most concerted campaign in nearly two years against AQAP.
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More News On Yemen's War Against Al Qaeda
President Says Yemen in 'Open War' With Al-Qaeda -- NDTV/AP
Yemen is in open war with Al-Qaeda: President Hadi says -- Yemen News Agency
Yemen in 'open war' with Al-Qaeda: President -- Turkish Press
Pictures and video of Yemeni southern offensive -- Long War Journal
Insurgents hit Yemeni army; 30 militants and eight soldiers dead -- Defense Web/Reuters
Yemen air force strikes Qaeda targets in south -- Zee News
The untold story of Yemen -- Ramzy Baroud, Al Arabiya
2 comments:
The looks of the two guys in the foreground are classic. "Careful, he's in there"!
Holy smokes the prez of Yemen is the long lost son of Sidney Greenstreet!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sydney_Greenstreet_headshot.jpg/150px-Sydney_Greenstreet_headshot.jpg
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