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Yemeni forces free eight al Qaeda hostages; U.S. says no Americans
Source: Reuters
Yemeni forces free eight al Qaeda hostages; U.S. says no Americans
BY MOHAMMED GHOBARI
SANAA Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:33pm EST
(Reuters) - Yemeni security forces freed eight hostages including six Yemenis, a Saudi and an Ethiopian, in a raid in which seven al Qaeda kidnappers were also killed, the country's supreme security committee said.
The committee said in a statement a member of the Yemeni security forces was lightly wounded in the operation in Hajr as-Say'ar district in the eastern province of Hadramout.
An earlier statement by the committee had said seven of the hostages were Yemenis and one was a foreigner. A Yemeni government source said at the time the foreigner was a U.S. military instructor, but a U.S. defence official denied that report.
Yemen, which borders the world's top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, is home to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, regarded by Washington as one of the most active branches of the network founded by Osama bin Laden.
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BY MOHAMMED GHOBARI
SANAA Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:33pm EST
(Reuters) - Yemeni security forces freed eight hostages including six Yemenis, a Saudi and an Ethiopian, in a raid in which seven al Qaeda kidnappers were also killed, the country's supreme security committee said.
The committee said in a statement a member of the Yemeni security forces was lightly wounded in the operation in Hajr as-Say'ar district in the eastern province of Hadramout.
An earlier statement by the committee had said seven of the hostages were Yemenis and one was a foreigner. A Yemeni government source said at the time the foreigner was a U.S. military instructor, but a U.S. defence official denied that report.
Yemen, which borders the world's top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, is home to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, regarded by Washington as one of the most active branches of the network founded by Osama bin Laden.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/25/us-yemen-kidnapping-idUSKCN0J909R20141125