Friday, June 18, 2010

DTN News: Qaeda Calls For Yemen Tribes To Rise Against Government....NSI News Source Info # 651

(NSI News Source Info) SANAA, Yemen - June 19, 2010: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) called on Yemen's eastern tribes to rise against the government and threatened retaliation for alleged air strikes in the area, the US monitoring group SITE said on Friday.
"Bear (arms)... and defend your honor, land and homes" in response to air attacks in May by the Yemeni military in the Wadi Obeida region in Marib province, SITE quoted the Al-Qaeda splinter group as saying. "We ... will not stand idle over what is happening to our women and children in Wadi Obeida," SITE quoted the statement as saying.

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