Army prepares for storming Al-Qaeda-controlled town

4/6/2012 -


Alsahwah.net- The Yemeni army is preparing to storm an Al-Qaeda town of Emsara, about 10 km away of Al-Arqoob, the correspondent of Alsahwah.net in Abyan said.

The correspondent Minister of Defense Mohammad Nasser Ahmed ordered the 111th, 26th  brigades to head to the port town of Shaqra to dislodge it from Al-Qaeda militants, asserting that the 26th brigade refused the orders.

He affirmed that the 111 brigade is heading to Emsara to cleanse it and then it will enter Al-Arqoob and Shaqra.

Meanwhile, local sources said four tribes men of local committees formed to back the army were killed as a car bombed exploded in their postion in Emsara.