Date : 20/08/2010
SANAA, Aug 20 (KUNA) -- Armed Al-Qaeda militants killed 11 Yemeni soldiers
when they ambushed a security patrol in the township of Lodur in the southern
province of Abyan.
A source revealed the outbreak of violent armed clashes after the ambush
between Yemeni forces and Al-Qaeda militants. The source added that the Yemeni
army used heavy artillery which resulted in the death of at least two
militants, and the injury of 20 others, in addition to the destruction of some
houses in the area.
Such confrontations came in less than 24 hours after the death of two
soldiers and injury of three other in the same area. (end)
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