2 al-Qaida members killed in clash with Yemen army
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SAN'A, Yemen (AP) — A security official in Yemen says soldiers killed two suspected members of al-Qaida wanted by police and arrested a third in an exchange of fire at a highway checkpoint near the country's Red Sea coast.
The clash took place Sunday in al-Hudaydah province, an al-Qaida stronghold, and wounded two officers.
The security official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists.
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He said the three men used fake identity cards to pass one checkpoint but were stopped at another and opened fire in an attempt to escape.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, an offshoot of Osama bin Laden's terror network, was formed a year ago when Yemen and Saudi militant groups merged.
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