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Eight Qaeda suspects dead in Yemen air strike: local official
ADEN : An air strike killed eight wsuspected Al-Qaeda members in the restive Abyan province of south Yemen on Thursday
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The official, on condition of anonymity, said the strike targeted a position held by Al-Qaeda suspects in Wadi Hassan valley, south of the town of Zinjibar held by militants linked to the Islamist network.
"The eight fighters killed were taken immediately to the cemetery" in nearby Jaar, while three wounded colleagues were hospitalised.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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