The bloodbath in Yemen is heating up as the latest attack by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was an ambush of a military convoy by an al Qaeda suicide bomber who rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the convoy and killed seven Yemeni soldiers.
From the report at The Long War Journal:
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed nine Yemeni soldiers in an attack on a military convoy in the southern province of Aden today.
The suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into the military convoy as it was stopped at a checkpoint near the provincial capital of Aden. The convoy was enroute to assist Yemeni troops in breaking AQAP's hold on the city of Zinjibar in the neighboring province of Abyan.
"The suicide attack by al Qaeda hit a convoy headed to Abyan ... the attacker died and his limbs were scattered around the area," the Yemeni Defense Ministry said, according to Reuters.
The suicide bombing in Aden is the second major attack in the city within the past several days. On July 20, terrorists killed a British citizen who worked as a marine surveyor. The Brit was killed after an explosive device was detonated in his car. Police arrested four suspects in the attack yesterday.
Today's suicide attack takes place just weeks after Yemen's defense minister said troops have been deployed around Aden to prevent the city from falling to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
This is one of the more blatant attacks on the Yemeni military or security forces and shows the vulnerability to al Qaeda. I'm not sure how boisterous the al Qaeda celebration will be however, as the Yemeni military has been fairly successful in hitting some pockets of the al Qaeda jihadis.
What seems to be formulating in Yemen right now is the fact that al Qaeda knows they have some blood in the water and more than likely, have reinforcements coming into Yemen as we speak.
Suicide bomber kills 9 Yemeni soldiers in Aden
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed nine Yemeni soldiers in an attack on a military convoy in the southern province of Aden today.
The suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into the military convoy as it was stopped at a checkpoint near the provincial capital of Aden. The convoy was enroute to assist Yemeni troops in breaking AQAP's hold on the city of Zinjibar in the neighboring province of Abyan.
"The suicide attack by al Qaeda hit a convoy headed to Abyan ... the attacker died and his limbs were scattered around the area," the Yemeni Defense Ministry said, according to Reuters.
The suicide bombing in Aden is the second major attack in the city within the past several days. On July 20, terrorists killed a British citizen who worked as a marine surveyor. The Brit was killed after an explosive device was detonated in his car. Police arrested four suspects in the attack yesterday.
Today's suicide attack takes place just weeks after Yemen's defense minister said troops have been deployed around Aden to prevent the city from falling to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
For the past several months, Yemeni security forces have been battling AQAP and allied Islamist groups for control of the south. AQAP is known to have openly taken control of areas in Abyan, Shabwah, Hadramawt, Marib, and Lahj since the onset of large anti-government protests in March. The cities of Zinjibar and Azzan in Shabwa province are under AQAP control.
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