[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A citizen was killed and another was injured by fire of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia in Abyan...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an
Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues...
province, southern Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, on Friday.
Local sources also reported that members of the STC militia opened fire on two citizens while passing by al-Humaima point east of Modiya district, killing one and injuring another.
Abyan has been in a state of insecurity since last August, when UAE-affiliated factions announced Operation "Siham al-Sharq" against "al-Qaeda elements" and Islah party forces of Evil in several districts.