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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Yemen thwarts US-Israeli intelligence unit known as 'Force 400'</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">May 6, 2024<br></div>
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'Ammar Affash cell' or 'Force 400,' a spy group led by Ammar Affash,
recruited spies to gather intelligence and carry out sabotage operations
against Yemen's Armed Forces in service of the US and 'Israel'.</p><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
<a href="https://alpha-en-media.almayadeen.net/archive/image/2024/5/6/9bb24f9d-67ae-466f-b4d6-1bfa588e869d.png?width=1000" tabindex="0"><img src="https://alpha-en-media.almayadeen.net/archive/image/2024/5/6/9bb24f9d-67ae-466f-b4d6-1bfa588e869d.png?width=1000&preset=w750" alt="Image shared by the Yemeni media showing five members of 'Force 400' linked to Ammar Affash ahead of releasing the video of their confessions on May 6, 2024. (Saba)" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></a>
Image shared by the Yemeni media showing five members of
'Force 400' linked to Ammar Affash ahead of releasing the video of their
confessions on May 6, 2024. (<em>Saba News Agency</em>)
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<p>Members of the "Ammar Affash cell" (sometimes referred to as Ammar
Saleh), were arrested by the Yemeni security services, with the support
of those concerned from the Ministry of Defense, for spying in service
of the West.</p>
<p>The cell, more commonly known as the spy group "Force 400", led by
Ammar Affash, a spy who has long been on the Yemeni forces' wanted list,
had recruited these members to commit crimes in favor of the US and
"Israel", according to Yemen's <em>Saba News Agency</em>.</p>
<p>According to <em>Saba News Agency</em>, a security official explained
that the members caught over the past few days were recruited to work
on collecting information and monitoring sites belonging to the <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemen-foils-us-israeli-espionage-plots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yemeni Armed Forces</a> on the western coast of the Republic of Yemen. </p>
<p>Furthermore, the official highlighted that following Yemen's
declaration of the launch of its operations in support of the people of
Palestine and the start of operations against Israeli targets, including
in the Red and Arabian seas amid a <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yaf-to-target-israeli-linked-ships-in-mediterranean-sea--sar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joint US-UK aggression</a> on Yemen, security services detected increased intelligence efforts by Yemen's enemies.</p>
<h2>What were their missions?</h2>
<p>US and Israeli occupation forces, along with local collaborators that
Affash recruited, notably through the so-called "Force 400",
intensified activities, recruiting individuals to monitor missile and
drone launch sites aimed at "Israel". Not only that, the collaborators'
mission included gathering information on the locations of Yemeni Armed
Forces boats and submitting their coordinates to their operators.</p>
<p>Those apprehended admitted to performing intelligence tasks, including gathering coordinates of military targets, thus enabling <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-military-engaged-five-drones-over-red-sea--centcom-claims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacks by US and UK</a>
warplanes. As such, the collaborators, and their operators, are
directly responsible for the blood spilled and the material losses
caused by the joint aggression conducted in favor of Tel Aviv.</p>
<p>"Among what the spies were entrusted with, according to their
confessions, was to carry out criminal and sabotage operations, which
included carrying out operations to damage and burn vehicles belonging
to the armed, security forces, and then preparing to carry out
assassination operations using silencers and explosive materials for the
purpose of distracting the armed forces from confronting the <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/eu-needs-more-warships-in-red-sea-to-match-yemen-s-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American, British, Israeli evil trio</a>,
and supporting... the besieged Palestinian people, and striking the
homefront... in the service of the American and Israeli enemy through
these sabotage and criminal operations," a Yemeni official revealed to <em>Saba News Agency</em>.</p>
<p>The Yemeni security services emphasized the severe consequences
awaiting these spies, including capital punishment, for collaborating
with enemy intelligence services.</p>
<h2>Ammar Affash: What we know</h2>
<p>In 2022, a Central Military Court in Yemen convicted Ammar Mohammed
Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar, a former National Security Agency agent, along
with 12 officers from the United States, for their crimes of attempting
to<a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-us-responsible-for-ramifications-of-its-foolishness---sanaa" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> destroy Yemen's missile</a> capabilities and air defense batteries.</p>
<p>During a court session in Sanaa, Ammar Saleh was sentenced to death
in absentia, while the other officers were given 10-year prison terms.</p>
<p>Saleh, according to some leading Yemeni journalists, is known to also
have ties to the United Arab Emirates, especially during the war on
Yemen, and to maintain a connection with sleeper cells across Yemen.
This is what "Force 400" is made of.</p>
<h2>Members of the "Force 400" espionage network</h2>
<p>Ammar Affash <br>Diaa Mohammad Ahmad Zayed <br>Dgheish Ali Hassan Dgheish <br>Aref Ahmad Zayd al-Radhi <br>Mohammad Naji Mohammad al-Qawsi <br>Abdul-Salam Saleh Abdallah al-Radfani <br>Jihad Abbass Saleh Mahram <br>Shehab Said Mohammad Maarouf <br>Hisham Ali Mohammad al-Saadani <br>Ali Abdallah Ahmad Jzilan <br>Abdallah Abed al-Qawi Mansour al-Maghribi <br>Faysal Bahram Ahsan Bahram <br>Arafat Ahmad Said al-Ruwayshan <br>Ahmad Saleh Ali al-Rahbi <br>Maher Mathna Thabet Mathna <br>Walid Ahmad Mohammad Nasser al-Snidar <br>Saleh Said Saleh al-Jarish <br>Jamil Jamal Ahmad Hussein Qoteish <br>Yosor Yousef Wahban <br>Ahmad Ibrahim Jbaily <br>Amro Ahmad Khalouf <br>Mohammad Salem 'Nayb <br>Ihab Sabtan 'Nayb <br>Akram Mohammad Radman <br>Mohammad Hassan Mahnash <br>Alaa Ahmad Sabi <br>Safwan Mahmoud Abdul-Ilah <br>Abdallah Abdo Saadat <br>Yehya Mohammad Khnan </p>
<h2>Western intelligence operations in a Yemeni context</h2>
<p>This comes after Yemen has successfully implemented a maritime siege
against "Israel", despite the multiple attempts by the US, UK, and a
joint naval operation to end Yemen's siege. </p>
<p>Yemen launched its operation against the Israeli occupation in
defense of the people of Yemen and expanded the width of operations to
include the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and most recently the Mediterranean
Sea. Yemen also expanded the scope of the operations to target not only
ships headed to Israeli occupation ports, and Israeli ships but also US
and British ships aimed at hindering Yemen's operation in service of
"Israel".</p>
<p><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-1-billion-spent-by-us-navy-on-munitions-to-thwart-attacks-i" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Intelligence operations directed against Yemen through Force 400</a>
became significant after US and UK intelligence failed to discover
Yemeni launch sites that were used to target Umm al-Rashrash [Eilat] as
well as US and UK warships. </p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/red-sea-rising--exposing-the-west-s-diminishing-naval-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Red Sea rising: Exposing the West's diminishing naval power</a></strong></p></div></div></div>
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