Yemen denies any foreign military existence, official source says
The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.infor/sabanews.net - 29/08/2010
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An official source has criticized the rumors of existing American military bases in Yemen which have been moved from Iraq into Yemen, the state-run website 26sep.net reported on Sunday.
In a statement to 26sep.net, the official expressed his surprise from some lies and calumnies revealed lately in some mass media on the presence of British soldiers and the arrival of American forces for combating terrorism in Yemen."Yemen doesn't accept any foreign military existence in its land and it has a strong security and military institutions able to carry their tasks in combating terrorism and to conquer in this area", the official affirmed.The source added Yemen cooperation with the International Community to combat terrorism is restricted only to information exchange in order to facilitate the process of tracking terrorist elements and present them to justice.
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