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| Yemen forces 'foil al-Qaeda plot' | Yemen forces 'foil al-Qaeda plot' |
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| Thirty-four suspected al-Qaeda militants have been killed and 17 arrested by security forces, the Yemeni defence ministry said. | Thirty-four suspected al-Qaeda militants have been killed and 17 arrested by security forces, the Yemeni defence ministry said. |
| The militants had allegedly been planning multiple suicide attacks, with eight of them preparing explosive vests, Reuters news agency reported. | The militants had allegedly been planning multiple suicide attacks, with eight of them preparing explosive vests, Reuters news agency reported. |
| The operations were carried out in Abyan province in the south and in Arhab, north of the capital Sanaa. | The operations were carried out in Abyan province in the south and in Arhab, north of the capital Sanaa. |
| The resurgence of al-Qaeda in Yemen has raised concern in the region. | |
| Officials have indicated that the operations were considered a major success against al-Qaeda. | |
| Hideouts hit | |
| The group was planning a number of suicide attacks against foreign and local targets, they say. | |
| Airforce jets and soldiers hit training camps and hideouts early on Thursday, disrupting plans for attacks on domestic and foreign interests in Yemen, including schools, according to the ministry-linked website sep26.net. | |
| The organisation has carried out frequent attacks in Yemen in recent months, generally against relatively low-level targets in the provinces such as local security officials. | |
| The US concerns about al-Qaeda in Yemen stem partly from the fact that the government in Sanaa has so many other security issues to worry about, says the BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones in Sanaa. | |
| They include a civil war in the north of the country, and frequent armed pro-independence protests in the south. | |
| In 2000 al-Qaeda attacked the USS Cole off the port of Aden. |