Almotamar Net - Security source has Saturday told almotamar.net that Yemeni authorities have begun deployment of hundreds of soldiers in their border areas in precaution for infiltration of al-Qaeda members from neighbouring countries into Yemeni territories for implementation of a terrorist plot against foreign interests and vital installations in Yemen.

Saturday, 31-January-2009
Almotamar.net - Security source has Saturday told almotamar.net that Yemeni authorities have begun deployment of hundreds of soldiers in their border areas in precaution for infiltration of al-Qaeda members from neighbouring countries into Yemeni territories for implementation of a terrorist plot against foreign interests and vital installations in Yemen.

The source that asked not to be identified said these measures came in the wake of the Yemeni security authorities have obtained information on some elements of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia attempting to infiltrate into the Yemeni territories in order to join colleagues present in Yemen and to launch joint terrorist attacks on vital installations and foreign interests in the country.

The source also disclosed of confessions made by persons suspected of affiliation to al-Qaeda organisation, among them Saudis with whom investigations are still going on, their confessions mentioned they receive logistic support from foreign parties for perpetrating their terrorist acts, particularly targeting the American and British embassies in addition to some tourist facilities and establishments in Yemen. The source declined to mention about the identity of those sides for reasons he said related to being connected to security measures.

Assistant OF THE Saudi Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud last week visited Yemen carrying a message from the Saudi Monarch King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz to President Ali Abdullah Saleh pertaining to bilateral relations and areas of coordination and cooperation especially in security fields and combating terror.

The Saudi official visit to Yemen came days after a blitz operation carried out by Yemeni security that involved armed confrontation with elements from al-Qaeda organisation cell and resulted in the killing of two members of the cell.

Al-Qaeda organisation had on the 24th of this month announced the formation of a joint leadership in the Arabian Peninsula and declaring Nasser al-Wahishi leader of the organisation. On its internet site al-Qaeda transmitted a video recording in which the leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen Nasser Abdulkarim al-Wahishi, nicknamed Abu Baseer, talked and shown in the tape with him 3 of leading members of al-Qaeda holding Saudi and Yemeni nationalities.
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