Yemen's Government Claims Al Qaeda Group Has Taken Major City

By Iona Craig, Los Angeles Times

May 29, 2011, 1:48 p.m.
Reporting from Sana, Yemen—
Yemen's embattled government claimed Sunday that the capital of Abyan province in the south had been overrun by the country's Al Qaeda affiliate, while the political opposition and dissident generals blamed the president for losing control of the city.

The allegations about Zinjibar, Abyan's capital, raised fears that the radical group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was taking advantage of the four months of popular protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh to stealthily gain ground.

A spokesman for Saleh's ruling General People's Congress party said Al Qaeda gunmen had seized Zinjibar's government buildings Saturday after a shootout with Yemeni troops.

Yemen's opposition military council, which is made up of commanders who have broken with Saleh after the wave of demonstrations began in late January, blamed the president for "handing over certain governorates to rogue elements."

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You don't have much oil, so you can keep on waiting for NATO support.