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Last Updated: Monday, 2 April 2007, 07:22 GMT 08:22 UK

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Yemeni women sign up to fight terror
By Ginny Hill
BBC News, Yemen



Afrah and her colleagues are challenging people's attitudes to women
Afrah al-Ansi pulls back her camouflage jacket to show me the pistol strapped to her belt.

She travelled to work this morning wearing a veil and a full-length black balto, an all-encompassing cloak which is traditional dress for women in Yemen.

But now she is dressed in fatigues, heavy black boots and shades.

Afrah, 23, is one of 20 women recruited to join Yemen's elite counter-terrorism unit (CTU) last summer.

He says the women's main purpose is to follow their male colleagues on house raids and search any women they encounter.

"Male terrorists often disguise themselves as women in order to evade detection and arrest, but Yemen's strict social code means that women suspects cannot be touched by the men on the unit," he explains.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6510149.stm

[caniff]

All of 20, huh? Well, it's a start, I guess.