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YEMENI PRESIDENT DISCUSSES IRANIAN AL-QAEDA EXTRADITIONS. Yemen's President Ali Abdallah Salih said in an interview in London's "Al-Sharq al-Awsat" of 29 June that Iran has extradited approximately six Al-Qaeda members to Yemen, and Yemen currently has 80 of the terrorists in custody.

Other Yemeni Al-Qaeda members were returned via Oman and Saudi Arabia. Salih said Al-Qaeda causes unease in all the regional states so nobody encourages them or harbors them.

"These terrorists are ignorant extremists who pick and choose from Islam what suits their purposes and do not know anything about the principles of the religion," Salih said. BS

RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 7, No. 124, Part III, 2 July 2003

Expect more of this the coming week before IAEA will visit Iran on July 9th. What a day for a visit!

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Is the IAEA really going to Iran on July 9th? That's no coincidence.