Puntland seizes boat smuggling weapons from al-Qaeda

July 22, 2012

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Puntland authorities announced they captured a ship carrying explosives from Yemen to Somalia on Friday (July 20th), the Yemen Post reported.

Al-Qaeda in Yemen was transporting the rockets, explosives, shells and ammunition to al-Shabaab, said Puntland Minister of Ports and Anti-Piracy Said Mohamed Rage. He said a Yemeni man was apprehended when the ship was seized.

Al-Shabaab announced its merger with al-Qaeda last year, and Puntland's government has been concerned that ongoing al-Qaeda activities in Yemen might extend to its territory, as fighters have been known to travel between Somalia and Yemen. In March, the Yemeni Ministry of Interior accused the al-Shabaab movement of sending about 300 fighters to fight alongside al-Qaeda against the Yemeni army and security forces.

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  • washingtone
    July 22, 2012 @ 04:57:33PM

    Yemen is supporting the Al Shabaab militia in Somalia by recruiting unemployed jobles youth from foreign countries in disguise that they are taking them to Saudia,Iran,Iraq and Afganstan for lucrative jobs and only the youth to find themselves in Somalia fighting along side the Al Shabaab and Eritreans aginist the AMISOM

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