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Yemen estimates Al Qaida has 400 agents in country, most Saudis CAIRO - Yemeni officials said the Sanaa government has determined that at least 400 agents of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were operating in Yemen. The officials said many of the agents were recruited over the last year. "They seek to cause chaos and destruction," Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al Qurbi said. On Oct. 24, Al Qurbi said AQAP was dominated by Saudi nationals. The foreign minister said the Saudis have been among the most active of Islamic fighters. Officials said AQAP was being directed by Saudis, who have been recruiting nationals from Eritrea and Iraq. They said Yemen has released some of the foreign nationals. Yemen has offered a $50,000 reward for a Saudi national believed to be a leading AQAP operative. The Saudi was identified as Ahmed Abdul Aziz Al Jasser, said to have planned an attack in Saudi Arabia in December 2009. Al Jasser was said to have worked with four other Al Qaida members from Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the Saudi Interior Ministry has reported the surrender of Bader Mohammed Nasser Al Shehri, deemed a leading Al Qaida fugitive. The ministry said it worked with Interpol to track Al Shehri, who fled Saudi Arabia for Pakistan. "He contacted his family asking for help to return," Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al Turki said. "We will find out now where he was and what he was doing." On Oct. 19, the ministry said Shehri, 32, was on its list of the top 85 Saudi insurgents. The ministry said Shehri was the 14th operative taken into custody. This marked the second ministry announcement within a week of an Al Qaida fugitive who surrendered to the Saudi kingdom. On Oct. 15, the ministry reported the surrender of Jaber Jabran Al Faifi, released from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba. "The Interior Ministry asks all Saudi terrorists living outside to return to their country and turn themselves in, especially after it has become clear that they were misled by others," Al Turki said. A leading Saudi analyst said the kingdom has succeeded in separating Al Qaida operatives from their commanders. Askar Al Askar, who focuses on intelligence and counter-insurgency, said Riyad has promised to treat well those insurgents who surrender. "The terrorists have at last realized that Islam is moderate and that their leaders were deviant, corrupt and liars," Al Askar said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
