AQAP Claims 12,000-Man Force Being Readied
August 02 2010
A leader of a Yemen-based Al-Qaida affiliate says the group has formed an army of 12,000 militants to fight government security forces in the country, reports Xinhua, China's state news agency.
"We have good news for the Islamic nation, an army of 12,000 fighters is being prepared in Aden and Abyan," said Mohamed Saied al-Omda, the chief of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in a recording posted on the Internet.
The terrorist group has been blamed for at least five...
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