Yemen’s government claims Al Qaeda group has taken major city
World News • May 2011 • Views: 626
Yemen’s embattled government claimed Sunday that the capital of Abyan province in the south had been overrun by the country’s Al Qaeda affiliate, while the political opposition and dissident generals blamed the president for losing control of the city.
The allegations about Zinjibar, Abyan’s capital, raised fears that the radical group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was taking advantage of the four months of popular protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh to stealthily gain ground.