Qaeda leader gives himself up in Yemen
The Source: maarib/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 07/06/2010
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An al-Qaeda leader has handed himself in to the Yemeni authorities in Marib province in the northeast, almost a week after Ghalib al-Zaydi, one of the most wanted terrorist suspects, did so, the September 26 website reported on Monday Hamza Ali Saleh al-Dhayani's surrender came amid ongoing hunting for al-Qaeda suspects in the province, Governor Naji al-Zayedi was quoted as saying.He expected that more al-Qaeda suspects will give themselves up in the coming days.Yemen carried out in late last year and early this year several terror operations in which scores of al-Qaeda suspects were killed, injured and arrested.More recently, many westerners including three U.S., an Australian and a French were arrested in some Yemeni cities on suspicion of having links with al-Qaeda.On the other hand, the governor said that the authorities had identified the murderers of chief of staff of Brigade 315 Muhammad Saleh al-Shayef.Al-Shayef was killed and three others were injured in an ambush on Saturday in Marib.The security forces are surrounding the area where the murderers are hiding to catch and bring them to justice, he said adding that the murderers are wanted on other charges including killing policemen and civilians, attacking tourists and committing vandalism.
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