Al-Qaida's Wretched Utopia And The Battle For Hearts And Minds -- The GuardianGhaith Abdul-Ahad reports from south Yemen on the jihadis offering free water and electricity alongside sharia law.
Driving east out of Aden, we were just a few hundred metres past the last army checkpoint when we saw the black al-Qaida flag. It flew from the top of a concrete building that had been part-demolished by shelling.
From here into the interior, all signs of control by the government of Yemen disappeared. This is the region of newly proclaimed jihadi emirates in south Yemen that are run by affiliates of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Yemeni franchise of the movement founded by Osama bin Laden.
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My Comment: The longer that Al Qaeda rules .... the greater the bitterness and anger will be directed against this religious rule. But for now .... Al Qaeda is in the ascendency in this part of Yemen.
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