The incident occurred Tuesday during a visit to Gen. Mohammed Nasser Ahmed (Mohammed Nasser Ahmed) in Abyan province in the south, where for several months has also taken the government forces clash with militants Islamic groups. According to the Yemeni government to the militants was not the minister of defense, the report says. Fighting in Zindzhibare, the administrative center of Abyan, and in the province continues to the end of May, when hundreds of militants linked to "al Qaeda" groups stormed the city and drove out government forces. Attempts to law enforcement units to unlock the city of Yemen, during which the army used aircraft, artillery and heavy armor, so far not met with success. Yemen cell "of al-Qaeda," also known as "the" Al Qaeda "in the Arabian Peninsula," is one of the most active groups in the region and the world. In November 2010, her bosses to take responsibility for the cargo plane crash in the UAE and parcel with the explosive devices found in mail shipments near London and a warehouse in Dubai. In recent months, the fight against militants is complicated by political instability in the country, where since February, continuing anti-government demonstrations demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. According to Western media during the popular uprising in Yemen killed several hundred people. At present, Saleh, who in early June in an attack received, according to media reports, several shrapnel wounds and extensive burns, is being treated in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
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