File picture shows Yemen security forces. Suspected Al-Qaeda militants killed 10 soldiers when they ambushed them on a road in southern Yemen, where the jihadist network has a stronghold, a military official said on Thursday This is just another reminder of how deadly al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula can be in regards to their war against the military of Yemen as today, 10 Yemeni soldiers traveling in a vehicle were ambushed by a 3 man al Qaeda team leaving all 10 soldiers dead with only the driver surviving.
From the story at Breitbart:
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants killed 10 soldiers when they ambushed them on a road in southern Yemen, where the jihadist network has a stronghold, a military official said on Thursday.
The gunmen opened fire on the vehicle in which the soldiers were travelling on Wednesday north of the city of Loder, in Abyan province, killing them all, the official told AFP.
Only the driver survived, although he was wounded, a medical official said.
A witness said he saw three armed men shoot at the soldiers, adding they prevented people from carrying away the soldiers' bodies, only allowing them to take the driver to hospital in Loder.
An official at the hospital confirmed the wounded driver was admitted to the facility, which also later received the bodies of 10 soldiers after the attackers left the scene of the shooting.
This is a hugely effective ambush considering there is no mention of an IED used - it's my guess that somewhere in this attack there had to have been a direct hit by an RPG.
Not only is this a bad result for the Yemeni forces but it's the kind of success that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula will use as a huge propaganda tool. Recruitment is a key for them right now to get more jihadis to migrate to Yemen - you'll remember that it was al Qaeda #2 al Zawahiri that ordered al Qaeda fighters who had given up the ghost in Iraq to move on to Yemen a few years ago.
'Qaeda' ambush kills 10 Yemen soldiers
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants killed 10 soldiers when they ambushed them on a road in southern Yemen, where the jihadist network has a stronghold, a military official said on Thursday.
The gunmen opened fire on the vehicle in which the soldiers were travelling on Wednesday north of the city of Loder, in Abyan province, killing them all, the official told AFP.
Only the driver survived, although he was wounded, a medical official said.
A witness said he saw three armed men shoot at the soldiers, adding they prevented people from carrying away the soldiers' bodies, only allowing them to take the driver to hospital in Loder.
An official at the hospital confirmed the wounded driver was admitted to the facility, which also later received the bodies of 10 soldiers after the attackers left the scene of the shooting.
Supporters of Al-Qaeda have strengthened their grip on southern Yemen since a wave of popular protests erupted in late January against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Militants of the Partisans of Sharia (Islamic law) movement seized control of most of the southern city of Zinjibar, near Loder, on May 29, and Yemeni security forces have been engaged in heavy fighting with them since.
The Sanaa government says the militants are allied with Al-Qaeda but the opposition accuses it of playing up a jihadist threat in a desperate attempt to keep Saleh in power.
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