Al Qaeda it takes a city and kidnaps a Norwegian

The terrorist organization Al Qaeda yesterday made a new demonstration of strength in Yemen with the capture of the city of Rada, to the South of the capital Sana'a, where, in another incident, a Norwegian United Nations official kidnapped.

Rada offensive was launched at dawn by hundreds of alleged militants of Al Qaeda, which they seized control of the key points of the town and raised black flags that read: "there is No other God than Alá, Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah".

According to residents in Rada, more than 400 men arrived from a nearby village and controlled the city without register clashes.

Quickly, the militants of Al Qaeda became fuer - tes in enclaves strategic as the fortress or the historical Medrese (Koranic school) of Ameriya, built in the 16th century.

A witness of the facts, Yusef Ali, recounted how the alleged terrorists were camped in the nearby town u000aof Geifa and launched his offensive as soon as dawn. Meanwhile, a tribal combatants armed group kidnapped a Norwegian officer and have asked the authorities release a tribe member arrested for belonging to a radical Islamist group, in exchange for freeing the Norwegian, according to the mediators.

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