AQAP Takes Credit

AQAP has a statement out that is claiming responsibility for the ambush that killed five in Hadramawt on Monday. The group is calling itself the AbdullahBatis Squadron, which is a […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

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AQAP has a statement out that is claiming responsibility for the ambush that killed five in Hadramawt on Monday. The group is calling itself the AbdullahBatis Squadron, which is a reference to one of the five individuals who was killed in the August 2008 raid in Tairm by security officials.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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