One Arrested in Raid on al Qaeda in Yemen
The Yemeni security forces- whenever the heat is on- does lot of storming and hunting for al Qaeda, but very little catching. Sometimes some low level guy is rounded up, brought to trial and found guilty of something like document fraud. Later on appeal, with much less fanfare, the sentence is usually reduced and the convict is out the back door within a short time.
(AP): Yemeni security forces stormed an al Qaeda hide-out Wednesday in a principle militant stronghold in the country’s west, setting off clashes, officials said, as a security chief vowed to fight the group’s powerful local branch until it was eliminated.
A government statement said at least one suspected al Qaeda member was arrested during the fighting in Hudaydah province. The province, along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, was home to most of the assailants in a bombing and shooting attack outside the U.S. Embassy in 2008 that killed 10 Yemeni guards and four civilians.
