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Two Killed in Yemen Shootout
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Arab News
SANAA, 30 August 2003 — At least two people were killed and five wounded Thursday in a shootout between security forces and armed tribesmen near the Yemeni capital Sanaa, eyewitnesses said.
More than 100 Bani Hushish tribesmen exchanged fire with about 20 police patrol vehicles sent to disarm them as they attended a clan meeting at a popular market in the Al-Rawdha suburb north of Sanaa, the witnesses said.
They said that the two sides fired machine guns and automatic rifles in the battle, which lasted more than an hour.
Police officials refused to comment, but they spoke of arrests of armed men in Al-Rawdha.
Yemeni authorities are seeking to disarm the country’s population of 20 million inhabitants, who, according to unofficial estimates, hold almost nine million firearms.
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| Earth, a planet hungry for peace |
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| The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03). |
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| The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03). |
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