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Large-scale arrests in Saudi Arabia illustrate threat to the oil supply

Saudi Arabia announced arrests of 113 alleged al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists whom it claims were planning attacks against oil facilities. Over the past six years, al Qaeda and other jihadi groups have come to see attacks against oil targets as one of the keys to their economic strategy.


Militants™ worst foe may be Somalians on street




US warns of al-Qaida threat to ships off Yemen




President Saleh denied reports of a US military presence on Yemeni soil. "Some media reports are unfounded and there is no any US presence on the land of Yemen and there is no any treaty or agreement allowing US presence on our territory," Saleh said.




Defense.gov News Article: CENTCOM looks beyond Iraq, Afghanistan, Petraeus says




Yemeni strike aircraft targeted an al Qaeda camp in Abyan province on March 14; two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commanders are said to have been killed. Three more strikes were launched in Abyan today.




Yemeni airstrike hits al Qaeda camp

The Yemeni military claims two top al Qaeda military leaders were killed in an airstrike yesterday. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said a top financier and military commander was killed earlier this year.


US citizen accused in Yemen killing had been under FBI watch




Sharif Mobley, the American al Qaeda operative detained in Yemen last month, worked as a "laborer" at the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear reactors in New Jersey, as well as at other nuclear reactors in the region. Mobley killed a security guard at a hospital in Sana'a.




Al-Qaeda suspect, Sharif Mobley, worked at US nuclear plants




BA terror suspect Rajib Karim 'offered advice to overseas militants™




Security forces detained an American al Qaeda operative and 10 others during sweeps last month. The American, Sharif Mobley, from Buena, New Jersey, killed a security guard as he attempted to escape from a hospital where he was receiving medical treatment.




Gunfire erupts at Yemen hospital




Charming and chilling: Osama bin Laden's bodyguard




Yemen - home to dreams of wealth and power




Police arrested 11 suspected members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula during a raid in the capital of Sana'a. The father of one of the suspects was killed after shooting and wounding a policeman during the raid.




Pakistan - Court hears 'terror charges' against five Americans




The military said it killed Ali Saleh al Yafei, a wanted member of the separatist Southern Movement with links to al Qaeda, during a raid in the town of Zinjibar in Abyan province. Yafei's wife and two children, and two soldiers were also killed. Three of Yafei's followers were detained.




In Yemen™s South, protests could cause more instability




The government declared a state of emergency in the southern city of Dalea after a policeman was gunned down there two days ago. Sappers have entered Sanaa to defuse IEDs left by Houthi rebels.