Land of the Black Flag

A journey to al Qaeda's Islamic emirate in southern Yemen.

BY CASEY L. COOMBS | MARCH 9, 2012

Spoils of war Members of Ansar al-Sharia proudly raise the al Qaeda flag on a Yemeni military truck they pillaged in the previous day's fighting outside Zinjibar, where a reported 185 Yemeni soldiers were killed and 73 kidnapped. The men claimed they had also taken two larger trucks full of weapons. AQAP said in a statement that a tank and two ambulances had also been seized, along with rocket launchers, mortar cannons, and anti-aircraft guns.

Casey L. Coombs

 

Casey L. Coombs is a freelance journalist based in Sanaa. Follow him on Twitter @Macoombs.