Yemeni Islamic Jihad, al-Tawheed Battalion, Yemen Soldiers Brigade
Some assorted old links for you people interested in these things.
February 2006 News Yemen: Two others (escapees) are from al-Tawheed battalions that were headed by Anwar al-Jelani. They are: Abdulrahman Ahmed Basurra, and Khalid Mohammed al-Batati.
March 2006, Institute for Counter Terrorism: As early as August 8, 2005, six months before the most recent series of trials, a Yemeni court sentenced six members of al-Qa’ida’s “Kata’ib al-Tawheed” (”Unification Battalions”) to prison terms of two to four years. The men-one Iraqi, three Yemenis and two Syrians-were convicted of plotting attacks against the Italian and British embassies, in addition to the French Cultural Center in Sana.
October 2007, Yemen Times: The escapees also include four runaways, against whom verdicts of being affiliated with Al-Qaeda and forming armed gangs were issued. Two others belong to an Al-Tawheed group cell, along with convict Abdullah A. Al-Raimi, whom Qatar handed over to Yemen. The latter was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment.
July 2008, News Yemen: 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.”
July 2008, Yemen Observer: 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.
August 2008 News Yemen: The al-Qaeda in Yemen, Yemen’s Soldiers Brigades, has threatened to revenge for killing five of its operatives and arresting two in clash with security forces two weeks ago in Tarim of southeastern Hadramout province. In a statement posted by al-ekhlaas.net on Tuesday and attributed to Abu Osama said: “We vow to operate a reprisal operation very soon, if God willing. The news is what you see, not what you hear”. It admitted the murder of its mastermind in Yemen Hamza al-Qaiti and other fellows and claimed that al-Qaeda operatives could kill eight policemen, “not two as Interior Ministry announced.”
Lost the link for this one but its also August 2008:
Five members of an al-Qaeda cell were arrested in Qatan district of Hadramout governorate in the south east of Yemen on Monday August 19, said a source at Hadramout governorate security. The security source affirmed that the police forces could arrest five members of al-Tawheed battalions affiliated to al-Qaeda in Qatan district to the west of Sayon city in Hadramout governorate.
One more August 30 AFP. The operation was part of an offensive against religious extremists responsible for attacks against security forces and oil installations in the south, the official said.
In 2003, Abdel Nabi, a member of the Jihad movement — which has no links to Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network — launched a series of attacks before going into hiding in the Jabal Hatat mountains.
Five of Abdel Nabi’s supporters were killed in an operation by security forces.
