Yemen's Islamist Islah Party and President Ali Abdullah Saleh's General People Congress traded accusations on Tuesday as to who helped al-Qaeda militants take full control of a town southeast Yemen.

Islah official website al-Sahwaa quoted a dignitary source in the a new l-Qaeda-held town of Rada, some 260km southeast the capital Sana'a, as saying;" seizing control of Rada has been achieved in coordination with National Security Unit,whose commander is Saleh's nephew Amar Mohammed Abdullah Saleh.


On the other hand, GPC held the ministry of interior led by an opposition figure responsible for what happened in Rada.

Militants believed to belong to Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch have taken full control of Rada on Monday, leaving a soldier killed and another injured.

Yemen for long has been a vital partner for the west in the war against terrorism.

Al-Qaeda has taken advantage of the unrest caused by massive popular protests calling for putting an end to the 33-rule of veteran Ali Abdullah Saleh as it intensified its attacks.

The terrorist group has declared Monday Rada as an islamist emirate akin to what happened in May in the provincial capital of the southern province of Abyan, Zinjubar.