Three al Qaeda leaders killed in Yemen

Published 5 January 2012

Last Friday, three leaders of al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were killed in heated battles with government security forces in Zinjibar, the capital of the southern Abyan province; government forces also killed at least six other al Qaeda operatives in the clashes that began when the terrorist group attacked an army barrack; the fighting comes amidst mounting calls for outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh to be prosecuted; amidst the political turmoil, al Qaeda has taken control of several regions in southern Yemen

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