Thursday, March 04, 2004
Progress against Al-Qaeda in Yemen
ABYAN: Security forces have arrested two leading Al Qaeda members in their pursuit of militants in the south Yemeni mountains, security officials said yesterday.
Local officials were trying to negotiate the surrender of the remaining militants who have been surrounded by security forces equipped with tanks and helicopters, the officials said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.
The officials said the senior Al Qaeda agents Abdul Raouf Naseeb and Sayed Imam el-Sharif were among more than a dozen militants captured on Tuesday and Wednesday in an operation in the mountains of Abyan province, 470km south of the capital San'a.
If you take the time to dig through press accounts from around the world, you quickly get the impression that we are rolling up a huge number of these guys. I have two questions: How many were there to begin with? How quickly are the bad guys replacing their losses with new talent?
Local officials were trying to negotiate the surrender of the remaining militants who have been surrounded by security forces equipped with tanks and helicopters, the officials said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.
The officials said the senior Al Qaeda agents Abdul Raouf Naseeb and Sayed Imam el-Sharif were among more than a dozen militants captured on Tuesday and Wednesday in an operation in the mountains of Abyan province, 470km south of the capital San'a.
If you take the time to dig through press accounts from around the world, you quickly get the impression that we are rolling up a huge number of these guys. I have two questions: How many were there to begin with? How quickly are the bad guys replacing their losses with new talent?
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