Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Yemeni Air Force Bombs Zinjibar, May 30 2011

Sky News
Yemeni Air Force warplanes have bombed al Qaeda and Islamist militant positions in the city of Zinjibar, residents say.

Resident Ali Dahmas said he saw fighter jets firing at the southern outskirts of the town and heard loud explosions that sent up columns of smoke.

Military units reportedly battled the militants in Zinjibar overnight onSunday in an attempt to clear the fighters from the town, where they have blockaded themselves behind barricades and rocks.

Shelling reportedly killed at least four of the fighters, bringing the death toll there since Saturday to 34, a hospital source said.

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