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Friday 28 August 2015
Yemen says no IS bombing kills 2 Iraqi army generals in Anbar
talks with rebels
until Houthis lay QASSIM ZAHRA spokesman said on state bar, and Brig. Gen. Sefeen and armed with two heavy
down arms: AP Associated Press television that 10 other sol- Abdul-Maguid, command- machine-guns carried out
BAGHDAD (AP) — An Islam- diers were wounded. The er of the 10th Army Division. the attack.
CAIRO (AP) — The Yemeni ic State suicide bomber officials spoke on condi- The two were later given a Tens of soldiers were killed,
government is not negotiat- killed two Iraqi army gen- tion of anonymity because military funeral at the De- including the two generals,
ing with Shiite Houthi rebels erals on Thursday as they they were not authorized fense Ministry in Baghdad it said without giving pre-
who control the capital and led forces against IS posi- to speak to the media. with Prime Minister Haider cise figures. The operation
much of the north, and de- tions in the turbulent Anbar The IS group captured Ra- al-Abadi and Defense Min- was designed to avenge
mands that they lay down province west of Baghdad, madi in May and also con- ister Khaled al-Obeidi lead- the killing of a local com-
their arms, Foreign Minister mander in Anbar it identi-
Riad Yassin said Thursday. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, center, Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, center right, and fied as Abu Radi al-Ansari.
“The Houthis and (former The Associated Press could
President Ali Abdullah) government officials and parliament members attend the funeral procession of Maj. Gen. not immediately verify the
Saleh’s militias must imple- authenticity of the state-
ment the U.N. resolution Abdul-Rahman Abu-Regheef, deputy chief of operations in Anbar and Brig. Gen. Sefeen Abdul- ment, but its language and
and surrender their weap- phrasing is consistent with
ons, and only then the Maguid, commander of the 10th Army Division who was killed in Ramadi during fighting with past IS claims of responsi-
dialogue and political pro- bility.
cess can begin, with the Islamic State militants, at the headquarters of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in Baghdad, Iraq, In neighboring Syria, mean-
participation of all Yemeni while, IS militants seized five
parties,” Yassin told report- Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. (AP Photo) villages from rebel groups
ers in Cairo after meeting in the north as part of an
with Arab League Secretary military officials said. trols the nearby city of Fal- ing mourners. advance toward the stra-
General Nabil Elaraby. They said the bomber lujah. An IS statement posted tegic town of Marea near
Referring to reports of meet- drove his explosives-laden A military statement read on Twitter accounts run by the Turkish border. The Syr-
ings in the Gulf nation of vehicle into the advanc- on Iraqi state television supporters claimed respon- ian Observatory for Human
Oman, Yassin described ing troops north of Anbar’s identified the two generals sibility for the attack, but Rights and other activist
them as mere “consulta- provincial capital, Ramadi, as Maj. Gen. Abdul-Rah- gave a different account, groups said the IS carried
tions” between U.N. envoy killing the two generals and man Abu-Regheef, deputy saying six fighters in four out a suicide bombing on
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed three soldiers. A military chief of operations in An- explosives-laden vehicles the outskirts of Marea amid
and the Houthis, aimed at fierce fighting in the area.
convincing them to imple- The Turkish Dogan news
ment a U.N. resolution from agency also reported re-
April. newed fighting between IS
That resolution requested and rebels across the bor-
that the Houthis withdraw der from Kilis and said the
from areas they seized and U.S.-led coalition bombed
surrender weapons they IS targets in the region.
took from military and state Dogan video footage
institutions. showed a large plume of
“That is the only solution smoke rising from across
that is on the table; there the border.q
is nothing else,” said Yassin,
who along with the rest of US strikes southern Afghan district seized by Taliban
Yemen’s internationally rec-
ognized government is in KABUL, Afghanistan providing further details. more than a dozen U.S. air- ghan security forces.
exile in Saudi Arabia. Afghan Army Brig. Gen. strikes hit targets in Musa The United States ended
Yemen’s conflict pits the (AP) — U.S. forces have Mohammad Rasool Zaizai Qala over the past three offensive combat opera-
Iran-supported Houthi reb- said Afghan and allied days. The official was not tions in Afghanistan at the
els and troops loyal to Saleh launched multiple airstrikes warplanes struck army and authorized to publicly dis- end of 2014 but retains the
against an array of forces police headquarters in the cuss details and so spoke option to strike against ter-
including southern separat- on a district in southern Af- Musa Qala district in north- on condition of anonymity. rorist targets and in situa-
ists, local and tribal militias, ern Helmand province Taliban spokesman Qari tions where the Taliban are
Sunni Islamic militants as ghanistan seized by the Tal- Thursday, likely killing fight- Yousef says 30 civilians and deemed to pose a threat
well as troops loyal to Presi- ers and civilians. 10 fighters were killed, but to Afghan or allied forces.
dent Abed Rabbo Mansour iban the day before, U.S. He said it was not possible the Taliban often provide The U.S. recently launched
Hadi. to confirm casualty figures unreliable figures. Taliban airstrikes at leaders of the
The conflict escalated in officials said Thursday. because insurgents control insurgents overran Musa Islamic State’s Afghan
March when a Saudi-led the area. Qala on Wednesday after affiliate in northeastern
coalition started launch- “U.S. forces conducted A U.S. defense official said a weeklong assault on Af- Afghanistan.q
ing airstrikes against the
Houthis.q airstrikes in Musa Qala
today against individu-
als threatening coalition
and Afghan forces,” Col.
Brian Tribus, a spokesman
for U.S. and allied forces in
Afghanistan, said without