Yemen's president blames al-Qaida for string of deadly attacks
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Yemen's president has accused al-Qaida of orchestrating the latest string of attacks in his country, pledging to continue his government's battle against terrorism.
In a televised speech late Thursday at the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi said his government is determined to uproot al-Qaida from the country.
He singled out the suicide attack on the Abyan military camp last Friday, which left 14 army officers and soldiers dead.
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His speech came hours after militants on motorcycles assassinated two senior security officials south of the capital, Sanaa, in a drive-by shooting.
Washington considers Yemen's al-Qaida branch as the world jihadi group's most dangerous offshoot.
In May, Yemen's government carried out an offensive against the group's strongholds in the south.