Leaders, foreigners among Yemen terror raids killed

SANA'A, Dec. 19 (Saba) -
Al-Qaeda leaders were among those killed in the raid on a terrorist training site in
south Yemen
on Thursday including Muhammad Saleh al-Kazemi, Moqbil Abdullah Awadh Sheikh, Ahmed
Abdullah Awadh Sheikh, Methaq al-Jalad and Abdullah Awadh Sheikh. According to new
reports
the operatives supported al-Qaeda terrorist cells in the country through providing
them with funds and shelter. Fresh information also revealed that there was a number
of
foreign terrorists who were killed but could not be identified including Saudis.
However, police could identify a Saudi, Ibrahim al-Najdi, and found the ID of
Mohammed bin
Mohammed Rajeh al-Thara'an. . Other five unidentified foreign terrorists were buried
after the successful operation in the district of Almahfad, Abyan. Early Thursday
anti-terrorism
troops launched ground and air strikes against Qaeda hideouts and training sites in
Abyan in the south and in Sana'a in the north killing and arresting about 51 al
Qaeda
suspects including some 'would-be suiciders.' On Friday, police held 4 suspects at
Aden hospitals of those who were wounded in the Almahfad raid. They survived being
killed
and were taken to hospitals by their relatives, according to the authorities. FR