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Archive Home > 2010 > January > 07 > Yemen arrests 3 linked to al-Qaida and threats against Western targets

Yemen arrests 3 linked to al-Qaida and threats against Western targets

Country’s new focus on fighting terrorist group draws praise

By Steven Erlanger / The Bulletin
January 7, 2010

SAN’A, Yemen — Yemen announced Wednesday that it had arrested three militants from a cell of al-Qaida suspected of making threats to Western targets here.

The three had been wounded on Monday in a fight with Yemeni forces in the Arhab region, 25 miles from San’a, the capital, and were captured....

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