Yemen’s embassy in Washington said on
Tuesday that Mohammed Saeed al-Umda, convicted in 2005 of involvement
in the 2002 attack on the Limburg oil tanker, had been killed in an air
strike on his convoy in the oil-producing province of Maarib. (Reuters)
By ISABEL COLES AND FIROUZ SEDARAT
REUTERS / SANAA
FBI director Robert Mueller visited Yemen on Tuesday, pledging to help quell an Islamist insurgency, as security and government sources said a drone had killed a prominent al-Qaeda leader linked to an attack on a French oil tanker.
In a meeting with President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who took office earlier this year, Mueller promised the United States would support Yemen “with full force” in all respects.
“Mueller visits Yemen on an annual basis so this is not a special or secret occasion,” said Mohammed Al-Basha, Yemen’s embassy spokesman in Washington. “President Hadi emphasised that he is strongly committed to combatting extremism and working with the U.S. to counter the mutual threat of terrorism.”
Yemen’s embassy in Washington said on Tuesday that Mohammed Saeed al-Umda, convicted in 2005 of involvement in the 2002 attack on the Limburg oil tanker, had been killed in an air strike on his convoy in the oil-producing province of Maarib on Sunday. It did not specify whether it was a U.S. strike.
Umda, described by the embassy as Yemen’s fourth most-wanted man, had received military training under Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and was in charge of the group’s finances, a security source said.
By ISABEL COLES AND FIROUZ SEDARAT
REUTERS / SANAA
FBI director Robert Mueller visited Yemen on Tuesday, pledging to help quell an Islamist insurgency, as security and government sources said a drone had killed a prominent al-Qaeda leader linked to an attack on a French oil tanker.
In a meeting with President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who took office earlier this year, Mueller promised the United States would support Yemen “with full force” in all respects.
“Mueller visits Yemen on an annual basis so this is not a special or secret occasion,” said Mohammed Al-Basha, Yemen’s embassy spokesman in Washington. “President Hadi emphasised that he is strongly committed to combatting extremism and working with the U.S. to counter the mutual threat of terrorism.”
Yemen’s embassy in Washington said on Tuesday that Mohammed Saeed al-Umda, convicted in 2005 of involvement in the 2002 attack on the Limburg oil tanker, had been killed in an air strike on his convoy in the oil-producing province of Maarib on Sunday. It did not specify whether it was a U.S. strike.
Umda, described by the embassy as Yemen’s fourth most-wanted man, had received military training under Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and was in charge of the group’s finances, a security source said.
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