Yemeni naval forces killed 29 militants, according to a military report, in a 24-hour artillery and rocket barrage against targets in and around the Abyan Province’s capital city of Zinjibar.
Zinjibar, and indeed most of the Abyan Province, have been under control of a group calling itself the Ansar al-Sharia, which is seen to be backed by the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) faction.
Yemen’s military, with considerable US backing, has been trying to reclaim the province since June of last year, and while they have managed to kill large numbers of people in assorted strikes since then, the ground campaign has been a failure.
Today Yemen is reporting that they lost another top officer, Lt. Col Said bin Qahtan, in Abyan as well. Qahtan was reported kidnapped yesterday and his body was apparently found decapitated today in farmland outside the capital.
The solution is not more implements of destruction it is appealing to the people to adhere to the clearly established conduct of Prophet Mohammed (SAWS).What is amazing is how our public does not seem to want to address these issues with such a sensible approach. Reread the Declaration of Independence again. Democracy is not the solution enlightened behavior meeting universally established norms not mere Western force of power norms, norms universal that preserve and promote life’s sacredness. I know there are views that Muslims are by and large a violent band prove it change the discussion. And remove the threat of force and bribes and expending of human life for the so call greater good. Accept that the Islamic model is that which contains the real and lasting means for balanced society in the Muslim World force of brutal power win is momentary.
The blasting of a city from ships for 24 hour period killed "militants"? Does anyone actually know that? Or this is the standard statement whenever our friendly governments kill their own people, indiscriminately.
However, unfriendly governments better not kill armed, masked gunmen that go around cities on killing sprees. Those bad governments are just —- killing their own people. Looking for explanations of this crazed world? None is forthcoming. If this is how the "international community" intends to run the world, they have failed utterly. Can UN find some other "international community" that can do better?
What do you do with terrorists who are willing to decapitate an innnocent general?