MMC
05-21-2012, 08:02 AM
A Yemeni soldier packing powerful explosives under his uniform blew himself up in the middle of an army battalion in Sanaa Monday, killing 96 troops and wounding around 300, a military official and medics said.
Medics, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the casualties were being treated in seven hospitals across Sanaa. All the dead and injured were soldiers, they added.
The unidentified bomber detonated his explosives as soldiers from the government's central security forces, commanded by a nephew of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, rehearsed for an army parade to mark the 22nd anniversary of the unification of north and south Yemen, according to the military official.
Witnesses said human remains were scattered across the site of the blast at Sanaa's Sabeen Square, where the Yemeni government often holds large military parades.
According to Western diplomats in Sanaa, US experts have been advising the Yemeni army in combat.....snip~
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AFP – 1 hr 24 mins ago<<<<<
:shocked: Kills 96 and wounds 300 others.....all security forces too. Since the offensive on AQ began according to the AFP there have been 234 killed. With AQ taking the brunt of it with 158 of their fighters killed. Also according to the piece it is AQ who has taken over a string of of towns. Although it does not state all the wounded caused by AQ.
Looking at this piece they speak of 3 AQ fighters taking on a bunch of troops. Moreover nothing is reported about the Shia and any groups they have fighting against the Sunni.
Medics, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the casualties were being treated in seven hospitals across Sanaa. All the dead and injured were soldiers, they added.
The unidentified bomber detonated his explosives as soldiers from the government's central security forces, commanded by a nephew of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, rehearsed for an army parade to mark the 22nd anniversary of the unification of north and south Yemen, according to the military official.
Witnesses said human remains were scattered across the site of the blast at Sanaa's Sabeen Square, where the Yemeni government often holds large military parades.
According to Western diplomats in Sanaa, US experts have been advising the Yemeni army in combat.....snip~
http://thepoliticalforums.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=17
AFP – 1 hr 24 mins ago<<<<<
:shocked: Kills 96 and wounds 300 others.....all security forces too. Since the offensive on AQ began according to the AFP there have been 234 killed. With AQ taking the brunt of it with 158 of their fighters killed. Also according to the piece it is AQ who has taken over a string of of towns. Although it does not state all the wounded caused by AQ.
Looking at this piece they speak of 3 AQ fighters taking on a bunch of troops. Moreover nothing is reported about the Shia and any groups they have fighting against the Sunni.