Posted on 03/05/2006 2:00:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SAN`A, Yemen - Two Yemeni teenagers convicted of trying to kill the U.S. ambassador in 2003 were sentenced Sunday to five years in prison.
The judge said the two — 17-year-old Hezam Ali Hassan and 18-year-old Khaled Saleh — would be held in "a special prison" because of their ages.
According to an indictment, the two followed the car of then-U.S. Ambassador Edmund Hull in the capital, San`a. Hassan — carrying a pistol and two hand grenades he intended to throw — then climbed the outside wall of a store that Hull had entered. Saleh waited outside with a machine gun.
They were spotted by store guards and apprehended.
The prosecution accused the defendants of "taking part in a criminal agreement to carry out criminal acts against foreigners."
Their lawyer said Hassan and Saleh planned to appeal.
I choose 8 months in the lotter -- to bet on how long it will take for these lunatics to "excape" a Yemeni "prison"..
We really need to implement the practice of NOT taking prisoners or accepting surrenders -- unless we REALLY REALLY need to interogate a specific lunatic..
Semper Fi
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