Posted on 02/13/2006 2:06:39 PM PST by Bald Eagle777
The trial of a man suspected of being the al-Qaeda number two in Yemen has begun in the capital, Sanaa. Saudi-born Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal is accused of killing 19 Yemeni security officers as well as financing al-Qaeda and helping an armed group. The trial comes shortly after 23 convicts, including members of al-Qaeda, escaped from prison in Sanaa.
Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal was captured in 2003 by Yemeni security forces and his arrest was hailed by Yemeni and US officials as a major blow to al-Qaeda's operational capacity in Yemen. Yemeni security officials believe that al-Ahdal was working directly for the al-Qaeda leader in Yemen, Qaed Senyan al-Harthi, who was killed by a US missile fired from an unpiloted aircraft in 2002.
A second man, Ghaleb Abdullah al-Zayedi, has also been charged with hiding al-Ahdal. Both al-Ahlad and al-Zayedi deny all the charges.
Monday's proceedings began amid tight security.
(Excerpt) Read more at adnki.com ...
They practice "Catch & Release" in Yemen. Excellent for the Terrorist ecology.
He'll go to prison... but no problem! The tunnel is already completed.
Tunnel -- Was from Mosque to Cell.
NOT from Cell to Mosque as reported by the dumbass media pimps.
There would have been no way for the "prisoners" to have disposed of hundreds of cubic yards of dirt in the cells or "exercise area".....
The tunnel must have originated from the Mosque...
Has anyone there been arrested? Surely you jest.
A "pious" Muslim can not be trusted to confine or punish a Muslim - whose only crime is killing infidels...
Semper Fi
They "escape", etc. Last official update from State, Oct 28 '05, before the recent events:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_936.html
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