Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk 08/12/13: Why Are We At War In Yemen?...

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56 Dead In Al Qaeda Rampage In Yemen...

'Qaeda' Yemen rampage kills 56 soldiers and police
September 20, 2013 ~ Suspected al Qaeda fighters killed at least 56 soldiers and police in a wave of dawn attacks on Friday, the deadliest day for Yemeni security forces since jihadist strongholds fell last year. The militant assaults came in the lawless southern province of Shabwa, a bastion of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the scene of regular US drone attacks targeting militants.

Military and government officials said there were four attacks in all, including one on a key gas export terminal that was foiled. al Qaeda's offensive came a month after officials said militant plans to attack oil and gas terminals had been scuppered following intelligence eavesdropping on a call from the organisation's overall chief, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Thirty-eight soldiers were killed in Friday's deadliest single attack, on an army camp responsible for ensuring security at Shabwa oilfields, the sources said. "Troops clashed with gunmen at the camp entrance, before a suicide attacker in a bomb-laden vehicle forced his way into the camp where his car exploded, killing 38 soldiers," said a government official in Ataq, the provincial capital.

Military sources confirmed the toll. Simultaneously, "a suicide bomber in a car blew himself up before reaching his target -- an army checkpoint" in the nearby Al-Nushaima area, a military official said, adding that 10 soldiers were killed in that blast. "Soldiers were captured" in Al-Nushaima, witnesses told AFP by phone. Around 15 kilometres (nine miles) away, suspected al Qaeda gunmen targeted a special forces camp at Maifaa, killing eight policemen, according to military sources. At least eight militants, among them two suicide bombers, were reported killed in the three attacks.

The defence ministry in Sanaa said a fourth al Qaeda attempt to detonate explosives targeting Balhaf gas terminal on the Gulf of Aden ended in failure. Security Forces intercepted the vehicle which exploded, "killing the terrorists it was carrying," said the ministry's 26sep.net news website, without specifying how many militants died. The authorities blamed Friday's bloodshed on AQAP, described by Washington as the jihadist network's deadliest franchise. Losses among the security forces were the deadliest since May 21, 2012 when some 100 soldiers were killed and hundreds more wounded in a suicide bombing in the capital. AQAP claimed that attack in a statement posted on jihadist Internet forums.

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