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Al-Qaeda denies leaders death in Yemeni raid

Jan 18, 2010, 10:48 GMT

Riyadh - Al-Qaeda denied that six of its leaders were killed in a Yemeni air raid last week, according to a statement published by the group on on Islamist websites Monday. 'The Yemeni government has been making many false claims,' Al- Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said in the statement. 'We assure our Muslim nation that none of the mujahedin were killed in that treacherous strike, but some have suffered minor injuries,'. Yemen's Defence Ministry reported last week that six suspected al- Qaeda members were killed after in an air strike on two cars carrying members of the group north-east of Sana'a. It said the field commander of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Qassim al-Raimi, and another leading member of the group, Ammar al- Waili, were among those travelling in the cars. 'Through these claims, the government wants to prove an alleged victory, to present to (US President Barack) Obama and (British Prime Minister Gordon) Brown and their allies in the London Conference,' the statement added. The British government's plan to host a conference on terrorism in Yemen on January 28. Britain and the United States temporarily shut down their embassies in Yemen early January following threats from al-Qaeda, which claimed responsibility for an attempt to blow up a US passenger plane as it was landing in Detroit on Christmas Day.

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Al-Qaeda denies leaders death in Yemeni raid

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