Topic: Zinjibar
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In southern Yemen, Al Qaeda leaves overnight
The Yemeni government took credit for clearing two strongholds of Al Qaeda-linked militants. Locals credited armed tribesmen though, and warned the fight is far from over.
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Yemen army takes back two cities from Al Qaeda-linked forces
Yemen's Defense Ministry announced Tuesday that the army had driven fighters linked to Al Qaeda out of Zinjibar and Jaar.
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Response to 'proselytizing'? Al Qaeda group claims killing of US teacher in Yemen.
Joel Shrun, an American teaching English in Yemen, was killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen on Sunday.
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Terrorism & Security Al Qaeda militants serious threat as Yemen transitions away from Saleh
Al Qaeda militants attacked several military bases in Yemen, killing hundreds and presenting an early challenge for the new government of Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
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Yemen's trouble with drones
An Obama administration plan expanding CIA use of armed drones to hunt for Al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen risks exacerbating the country's march toward civil war.
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Ali Abdullah Saleh may be hurt worse than previously thought: Sources
Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's president, may be injured more critically than US officials originally thought, complicating the US response to increased instability in a key battleground in the war against al-Qaida.
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US, worried about Al Qaeda in Yemen, urges Saleh to step down immediately
With Yemeni violence persisting as President Saleh convalesces in Saudi Arabia, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recommended an immediate transition to a new government.
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Saleh deploys US-trained counterterrorism forces as tribes escalate fight
Gen. Ali Moshen al-Ahmar, a top military leader who defected in March, has backed the powerful Hashid tribal confederation with 1,000 troops of his own.
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Yemen slides into civil war
President Ali Abdullah Saleh has retained control of Yemen for 32 years by managing the country's numerous unrelated conflicts. Now, they are flaring up again – and appear to be beyond his control.
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Yemen's Saleh cedes Al Qaeda hotbed to militants. Why?
President Saleh, increasingly embattled as civil unrest spreads and tribal leaders intensify their fight, says that Al Qaeda seized the capital of Abyan province. But residents saw no evidence of a fight.
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Islamist militants take over southern Yemen city
The takeover of Zinjibar is likely to bolster US concerns that the vacuum created by Yemen's unrest is allowing militant groups like Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to gain strength.
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Why Yemen claims role in US drone strike on cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
President Saleh's government, besieged by protests and clinging to power, is hoping to prove its usefulness as the US pursues radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and other terror suspects in Yemen.
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As Mubarak resigns, Yemenis call for a revolution of their own
Thousands of secessionists protested in Yemen today in an example of how disparate movements across the Middle East are tapping the anti-regime fervor for their own disparate aims.
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Yemen's delicate dance between US pressure, Al Qaeda threat
Amid intense US pressure in the wake of the Yemen bomb plot, President Saleh's government has launched a manhunt and put Anwar al-Awlaki on trial in absentia.
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Why one Yemen provincial governor says he can't fight Al Qaeda
Ahmed al-Misri, a prominent member of President Saleh’s ruling party, says he doesn’t have enough weapons, soldiers, or aerial support to target Al Qaeda militants in his Abyan province.
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