Yemen Militants Seize Parts of Southern Town, Kill 6 Troops in Center

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VOA News March 27, 2011

Yemeni security officials say Islamic militants have seized parts of a southern town and carried out a deadly ambush on Yemeni soldiers in a central province, as Yemen's weakened president tries to resolve an escalating political crisis.

The officials say the Islamist fighters were in control of parts of the town of Jaar in southern Yemen's Abyan province on Sunday, following a battle that forced government troops to retreat from the area.

Elsewhere, suspected al-Qaida militants attacked soldiers in the central Yemen's Marib province on Sunday, killing at least six Yemeni troops and wounding four others. Officials say the assailants also seized a Yemeni military vehicle in the incident.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has faced weeks of daily mass protests demanding that he step down after 32 years in power. His security forces have engaged in deadly confrontations with opposition activists while also fighting al-Qaida militants who have used lawless parts of Yemen to plot and carry out attacks on the government and the West.

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http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Suspected-al-Qaida-Attack-Kills-Yemeni-Troops------118733514.html

[Shagbark Hickory]

1. Better fire up those warplanes, boys.

[David__77]

2. Why aren't they "Yemeni Protesters?"

Just curious...