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Yemen says military kills 21 al Qaeda members
Yemen's defence ministry said the military had killed 21 al Qaeda "terrorists" on Saturday in the southern Abyan province, whose capital, Zinjibar was seized by Islamist militants last month.
Updated on: Jun 12, 2011, 19:23:29 IST
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Yemen's defence ministry said the military had killed 21 al Qaeda "terrorists" on Saturday in the southern Abyan province, whose capital, Zinjibar was seized by Islamist militants last month.
In a statement sent by text message, the ministry said Yemeni forces killed 18 al Qaeda members in Zinjibar, and three in another city in the province, Lawdar. Army troops also destroyed a weapons and ammunition cache in Zinjibar, it said.
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