Yemen has sent reinforcements to fight al Qaeda militants in its east, a security source said on Saturday as top US general David Petraeus met with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The security forces and army were dispatched to the eastern provinces of Abyan, Bayda and Shabwa, hideouts of al Qaeda, while the alert level was raised, according to security sources in Marib, east of Sanaa.
"These measures are part of operations to hunt down elements of al Qaeda, prevent any attempt of a response after the raids, and tighten the noose around extremists," one of the sources said. Yemen said its forces killed more than 60 suspected Islamic militants belonging to al Qaeda in operations on December 17 and 24 in the country's central and Sanaa regions.
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