Al Jazeera on Sunday that up to 300 fighters entered the southern coastal town of Zinjibar on Friday and took over "everything" in the area.
Analysts said with the political strife, the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is likely to have more freedom to use a proven talent for daring bombing plots.
"Given how distracted Saleh's government is in its attempts to cling to power, AQAP has much more open space in which to operate at the moment," Gregory Johnsen, a Yemen scholar, said.
Al Jazeera on Sunday that up to 300 fighters entered the southern coastal town of Zinjibar on Friday and took over "everything" in the area.
ReplyDeleteAnalysts said with the political strife, the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is likely to have more freedom to use a proven talent for daring bombing plots.
"Given how distracted Saleh's government is in its attempts to cling to power, AQAP has much more open space in which to operate at the moment," Gregory Johnsen, a Yemen scholar, said.
Aljazeera reporting