So, the mortars were al Wahishi’s group and achieved crucial goals, and these attacks on security posts and oil pipe lines were al Qaeti’s group and designed to uplift morale only?
News Yemen
Security sources that NewsYemen called for details talked about the al-Qaeda’s proclamation last April claiming its responsibility for throwing three bombs to the same compound. They said that Friday’s attack came after arresting “a dangerous wanted” in Hadramout….
A source close to al-Qaeda group in Yemen told Abwab magazine, the latest issue, that “all attacks that targeted police stations and oil companies last months were carried out by Hamza al-Qaeti’s group that he said is different from Qasem al-Raimi and Naser al-Wahishi. It said that “al-Qaeti is interested to carry out attacks just to keep his group’s element enthusiastic, but al-Raimi and al-Wahishi do not agree to carry out operations unless they obtain crucial goals.”
A senior security source said in a statement to Abwab that “al-Qaeda in Yemen is changing its mechanisms to carry out operations”.
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for two attacks with mortar rounds on the US Embassy and a housing compound for foreigners in the capital Sana’a last March and April.
In September 2006, explosive-loaded vehicles attacked two oil facilities in Hadramout and Mareb.
Sayoun’s attack was the first on a police station by an explosive vehicle.
In the aftermath of the attack, hundreds of people demonstrated outside the same compound and demanded that authorities withdraw police camps from cities and to compensate victims.
No no no, its a demand for five million dollars and cancel a concert or they will do more scary things, boo! They will annihilate those who attempt to harm (their version of) Islam. Surrender or die.
How sad the suicide bomber was a medical student, meaning he originally wanted to help and heal people but instead he turned into a mass murderer. Because of a concert. How imperialistic these al-Qaeda lunatics are, demanding all of society conform to their thinking and dictates- or die. They are dreamining of their own style of tyranny and everyone is Yemen has to pay the price for those violent and self-rightous dreams.
Islamic Jihad Group claim responsibility for Sayun blast
Sunday 27 July 2008 00ouSun, 27 Jul 2008 00:15:57 +0300 12 AM / Mareb Press
The Organization of Islamic Jihad in Yemen claimed on Friday responsibility for the attack that targeted the Central Security in Say’un city, in Hadramout province.
In the suicide attack, one policeman was killed and 17 people were injured in the suicide attack and about 366 neighbouring houses were affected by the blast.
The organization said in a statement that the attack came to protect Islam from these festivals and concerts performed by some Arab singers in Yemeni cities.
The statement said, “We, the Organization of Islamic Jihad in Yemen, claim responsibility for the martyr attack in Hadramut… this is a lesson to those who might be tempted to harm the religion of Islam,” threatening of annihilate them.
The organization said its next operation would be in Sana’a to annihilate those who are trying to corrupt the minds of the youth through singing and the mixing of sexes.
The statement demanded to cancel the concert of an Egyptian singer, Ihab Tawfeeq, within 48 hours, otherwise the concert “will be turned into crying and wailing.”
The organization demanded the government in the statement to pay five million dollars within 48 hours in return for stopping the terrorist attack which are “terrifying the people.”
On the other hand, a security source said that the investigation could identify the perpetrator of the suicide attack. The sources said the perpetrator of the suicide attack was a former student in medial college in Hadramout Science and Technology University and he is called Ahmed Saeed Omar al-Mashjari.
Al Jund? (Next AAIA…)
July 26 (Reuters) – An al Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a police station that killed two people and injured 18 others in Yemen’s Hadramout province.
The attack on Friday was in retaliation for the killing of al Qaeda militants in Yemen, the Yemen Soldiers Brigades said in a statement on a Web site often used by al Qaeda.
In Friday’s attack, a car tried to enter the police complex but exploded after it was stopped at the gate, killing the attacker and a police guard.
Earlier this year, gunmen killed two Belgian tourists in the Hadramout region in an attack the government said was believed to have been the work of al Qaeda.
Ok so thats three missing mortar attacks (Sana’a- US embassy, housing compound, Italian embassy), three exploding car attacks (Hadramout, Marib- thwarted attacks on oil facilities 2006, tourists at the temple Marib 2007 and police station in Hadramout 2008,), and several non-lethal, sometimes off-hour, bombings of buildings, oil lines and security patrols. Ok I’m getting the fractured feeling.
Update: YO: skepticism over claims of responsibility,
Al-Tawheed battalions affiliated to the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization announced accountability of launching the terrorist attack that targeted the central security camp and security complex in Sayoun city in Hadramout governorate in the south east of Yemen at the early hours of last Friday.
News Yemen website stated it received a statement issued by the al-Tawheed battalions claiming they have launched the terrorist attack to announce their rejection for the carnivals and festivals, threatening they would launch another attack in Sana’a if the Sana’a Summer tourist festival would not be cancelled.
The statement released on Saturday expressed rejection for such festivals which the statement said have been spoiling Yemeni female kids through involving them in singing and dancing activities and mixing them with males. The statement added that this operation came within the frame of defending Islam.
The death toll of the terrorist attack has risen to five persons killed and 15 others injured. Two of the critically injured were rushed to Sana’a on Saturday. The Yemeni security authorities believed the attacker was killed in the blast and that the attack was launched by a suicide car bomb.
According to News Yemen website the persons from al-Jihad organization that sent the statement have also demanded US$ five millions to stop launching similar attacks.
Some analysts when read the statement and the demands dismissed that al-Qaeda or al-Jihad organizations were behind the attack or was the one that sent the statement.
The analysts stated that al-Qaeda never asks for ransoms or money and that it has been always focusing on the political oratory rather than such art and tourism festivals.
In a related issue some security sources revealed that a truck loaded with explosives was detained in al-Alam area located in the road linking between Abyan and Aden governorates while trying to get to Aden city yesterday.
In response to the threat for cancelling the activities of Sana’a Summer Tourism Festival, Fathia Hameedaldeen principal of al-Nizari girls school in the capital Sana’a said her school girls have been contributing in the festival, displaying 25 folkloric female dresses representing all the 22 governorates of Yemen. “We strongly condemn such threats that we believe were issued by people who have been trying to curb any development or tourism campaigns that aim at boosting tourism and improving the economic situations in the country, “said Hameedaldeen. However she said she and her school girls don’t care about such threats and would continue displaying their folkloric dresses according to the festival’s schedule.
“I don’t believe that Islam prohibits 10 years old girls to display dresses or show their faces publicly,” she added. She affirmed that all the participating girls were chosen carefully making sure their ages are young. “We know our religion and our traditions well so we have never and would never ever violate our religion or tradition rules,” said Hameedaldeen.
The ten year old girls will stand up to them if no one else will.
