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Yemen al-Qaeda video announces a new leader

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A fugitive Saudi Arabian man, who was once detained at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, was named as a senior member of al-Qaeda's Yemen wing, according to a tape by the group shown on al Arabiya television on Friday.

 

The tape also confirmed the deaths of three leaders killed in December and January during Yemeni air raids, the pan Arab broadcaster said. (Reuters)

 

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