FIGHTING AL-QAEDA IS INTERNATIONAL TASK: YEMEN

SANA'A , Jan. 01 (Saba) – The international community must face the threats posed by al-Qaeda, head of the information in the General People's Congress Tariq al-Shami said on Friday.

Al-Shami added that security coordination between Yemen and the United States were focusing on training and qualification of Yemeni counterterrorism forces.

In an interview with al-Jazeera TV, al-Shami said the Yemeni-American security cooperation had benefited from the US army and intelligence agencies’ major captivities, especially since they use satellites.

”The intelligence capacities of the United States are greater than the capacity of others in the region, especially since they use satellites", he confirmed.

He pointed out that al-Qaeda has widespread in many countries of the world.

"The United States helps Yemen train its counterterrorism and coastguard forces and provide some military equipments in addition to sharing information about the elements of the terrorist organization", he said.

"Al-Qaeda does not only threat Yemen but also all countries of the world".

In December, counterterrorism forces carried out successful operations against al-Qaeda hideouts and training sites in the three provinces killing and arresting scores of terrorists.

There were 64 killed suspects and other 29 suspects were arrested.

In the first operations in Abyan and Sana'a provinces, the number of the dead was 34 and the arrested were 29.

In the second operation in Shabwa, about 30 terrorist suspects were killed. The dead in all operations included leaders.

Two suspects were identified among the dead in the Shabwa operation.

The two were Abdul al-Monim Salim al-Qahtani and Muhammad Aldjadni Aldgari.

Meanwhile, Shabwa governor has said further raids on terrorists in the province are due and rooting out terrorists is on track.

Tough measures have been taken to thwart plots and kill terrorists anywhere in Shabwa, he affirmed.

The recent operations were followed by intensive hunts for al-Qaeda suspects across the country.

MD/YA