Yemen confirms Qaeda chiefs' deaths, captures militants
A jounalist holds up a Yemeni interior ministry document, marked on top in red "wanted criminal", and showing three different undated pictures of a suspected military chief of al-Qaeda network in Yemen, identified as Qassem al-Rimi. Yemen's interior ministry has confirmed the death of Qassem al-Rimi, and that of five of his lieutenants in an air strike a day earlier.SANAA (AFP) - – Yemen confirmed on Saturday the deaths of six senior Al-Qaeda figures in an air strike as its security forces pressed ahead with a crackdown on the group by arresting three suspected militants.
Jan 17, 2010
