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Yemen Blames al-Qaida for Oil Pipeline Bombing

   VOA News 14 June 2010
   Column  of  black smoke billows from oil pipeline, that runs about six
   kilometers  (four  miles)  east of Marib in eastern Yemeni province of
   same name, after it was blown up by Yemeni tribesmen, 12 Jun 2010

Photo: AFP

   Column  of  black smoke billows from oil pipeline, that runs about six
   kilometers  (four  miles)  east of Marib in eastern Yemeni province of
   same name, after it was blown up by Yemeni tribesmen, 12 Jun 2010

   Yemen  has blamed al-Qaida for the bombing of an oil pipeline Saturday
   in the eastern part of the country.
   The  Yemeni defense ministry said Monday the militants who blew up the
   pipeline in Maarib Province included Yemenis and at least two Saudis.
   The bombing followed raids targeting al-Qaida sympathizers.
   Yemen  intensified  its  campaign  against  al-Qaida after the group's
   local   branch  --  al-Qaida  in  the  Arabian  Peninsula  --  claimed
   responsibility  for  the  failed  bombing  of  a  US-bound airliner on
   Christmas Day.
   On Saturday, Yemeni officials said suspected al-Qaida members killed a
   senior army officer and at least one other person in Maarib.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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