Killing each other, just not fast enough

Marine 7002 sends us a link to an article in the Detroit News which reports that a family dispute over an inheritance in Yemen left one of al Qaeda’s leaders there dead.

Tariq al-Dahab was slain at his home in the southern village of al-Masameh by his half brother, Hizam, and other family members, according to the official and the elders.

Hizam and his supporters then fled the scene, taking refuge in another house. Al-Dahab’s followers pursued them and a battle ensued, leaving 16 dead, including Hizam.

It was not immediately clear what had triggered the feud. During the past year of Yemen’s turmoil, al-Qaida-linked militants have seized control of several cities and towns in the south, including large swaths of Abyan province, and the provincial capital of Zinjibar. Government operations have failed to oust them.

Maybe we should be arming them since they’re doing a better job of beheading the organization than the Yemeni government has done.

Category: Terror War