I expect that this is a logical consequence of the merger between al-Qaeda and their two Yemeni jihad affiliates. Either Yemen agrees to turn themselves into the next big terror haven or things start heating up there.
Al-Qaeda elements have recently warned the Yemeni government against its excessive security cooperation with the US.
This time there were no explosions to accompany such a rant. Perhaps theyâve lost touch ...
The mouthpiece of the Yemeni Unionist Party Al-Wahdawi Weekly in its issue released Oct. 27, said that it has received a phone call via satellites from a person named Abu Mohammed Al-Ghamedi, a Saudi national, who claimed that he was the representative of Al-Qaeda in Yemen and he went saying that they are ready to pursue attacking the American interests in the country without mentioning any other details.
Dear God, not another al-Ghamdi. Is there no end to these guys? There seems to be enough of them running around to qualify as a terrorist organization on their own right.
Moreover, he said that al-Qaeda elements in Yemen have been guided by Al-Muaataz Bellah, indicating that they ousted Khalid Abdulnabi, a leader of Hutat Group in Abyan. He also said that that Aden-Abyan Islamic Militant Group has joined Al-Qaeda.
The Hutat Group is a new one for me, unless itâs the Yemeni Islamic Jihad. We already knew about the Army of Aden joining al-Qaeda.
| The Hutat group would be the Hatat wild bunch that got shot up back in July, in the Hole in the Wall. I'd guess Abdulnabi was "ousted" about the time he turned himself in. Either that, or he turned himself in because he was ousted and turned himself in to avoid having his beard mounted on some guy's trophy wall... |
âHe refused to specify which pay phone where he was phoning from, indicating that he was phoning via satellites to convey such information to the press,â according to the newspaper. |