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Mexico's drug war history has two versions, one of which paints President Felipe Calderon in a desperate fight to legitimize his presidency by waging war on drug cartels. Is he stuck in a battle he can't win? Commentary Slideshow: Mexico's bloody drug war Yemeni tribesmen kidnap U.S. couple near Sanaa Mohammed Ghobari and Mohamed Sudam SANAA Mon May 24, 2010 7:54pm EDT Related News Yemeni tribesmen kidnap U.S. couple near Sanaa Mon, May 24 2010 Saudi forces rescue two German girls held in Yemen Tue, May 18 2010 Yemen launches operation to free hostages: website Mon, May 17 2010 UPDATE 2-Yemen launches operation to free hostages - website Mon, May 17 2010 Yemen launches operation to free hostages - website Mon, May 17 2010 < 1 / 6 > View Full Size SANAA (Reuters) - Armed Yemeni tribesmen kidnapped two U.S. tourists, a husband and wife, near the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday and were demanding the release of a jailed relative, Yemeni security officials said. World The couple's Yemeni driver and a translator were also taken hostage, the officials said. The kidnappers were seeking government intervention to free a family member in jail over a land dispute that was before the courts, a tribal source said. "Armed tribesmen ambushed a car carrying tourists and their Yemeni driver and took them to their area," one security official said. Another official said the kidnapping was not thought to have any broader political motive. A U.S. diplomat in Sanaa confirmed that two Americans had been kidnapped but had no further details. A Yemeni government official said authorities had made contact with the kidnappers and a team of negotiators was headed to the mountainous area where the Americans were being held. Yemen, bordering the world's top oil exporter Saudi Arabia, surged to the forefront of Western security concerns after the Yemen-based regional arm of al Qaeda claimed responsibility for a failed attempt to bomb a U.S.-bound plane in December. Kidnappings of foreigners and Yemenis are common in the Arabian peninsula country, where hostages are often used by disgruntled tribesmen to press demands on authorities. Authorities have detained dozens of members of the tribe, a security official said. "The purpose is to mount pressure on the kidnappers, while negotiations go on," he told Reuters. Most hostages taken in Yemen have been freed unharmed, but in 2000 a Norwegian diplomat was killed in crossfire and in 1998 four Westerners were killed during an army attempt to free them. RAID TARGETTING AL QAEDA KILLS COUNCILMAN The United States and Saudi Arabia want Yemen, trying to end a conflict with Shi'ite rebels in the north while separatist sentiment bubbles over in the south, to focus its efforts on fighting al Qaeda. They fear the global militant group, whose Yemen-based regional arm claimed responsibility for a failed bombing of a U.S.-bound passenger plane, will take advantage of instability to spread its operations to the kingdom and beyond. An air raid killed three people in an area in eastern Maarib province where authorities believe al Qaeda is active, local sources told Reuters. The dead included Jaber Ali al-Shabwani, secretary general of the provincial council, and a brother of a top wanted local al Qaeda militant, said the sources, who declined to be named. A local news website said clashes broke out between armed tribesmen angered by the raid and government troops. The mountainous province has seen air strikes in the past against al Qaeda's regional wing in Yemen. Security officials said the U.S. couple were seized in al-Haima, an impoverished coffee- and qat-growing region that was considered fairly safe. The area is near the main road from Sanaa to Hudaida on the Red Sea coast, a common overnight destination for tourists who visit archaeological sites near the coast or the Haraz mountains, home to an Ismaili pilgrimage site. Tourists traveling between Sanaa and Hudaida are required to inform police of their trip but do not typically need a security escort, as is necessary in some other areas of Yemen. About a week ago, two young German girls held hostage for nearly a year in northern Yemen were rescued near the Saudi border in good health. Their parents, toddler brother and a Briton seized with them were still missing. The Yemeni government believes their kidnappers have links to al Qaeda. Three other foreigners kidnapped alongside the family were found dead last year, and a relative of the girls has said their younger brother is probably dead. 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