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Yemeni forces attack rebel-held building in south

By Agency Reporter, Published: Thursday, 11 Mar 2010



Yemeni forces on Thursday launched an attack to recapture a government building occupied by rebels in the southern part of the country, setting off a gun battle in which a passer-by was killed, a local official said.


Under international pressure to quell domestic unrest and focus its sights on al Qaeda, Yemen earlier this week offered to hold talks with southern separatists and hear their grievances.


The offer by President Ali Abdullah Saleh, News Agency of Nigeria gathered followed an escalation of violence on both sides in south Yemen which left on its trail, several dead and wounded people, while insurgent violence elsewhere in the country has faded.


”Large military forces launched a campaign this morning to retake the municipality building (in a southern province).But gunmen from the southern movement confronted them and the two sides exchanged fire,” the official said.


”One person was killed and a gunman was wounded. Clashes are continuing,” he added.
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