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  • Yemen frees 92 repentant al-Qaida suspects and hundreds of others for Ramadan

    11/16/2003 9:45:26 PM PST · by PeteFromMontana · 13 replies · 146+ views
    SAN'A, Yemen, Nov. 16 ? Yemen's government on Sunday freed 92 followers of the al-Qaida terrorist network who have repented, a Yemeni judge responsible for dialogue with suspected terrorists said. They were freed along with 1,500 other inmates as part of an amnesty during the Ramadan holy month, said the judge, Hammoud al-Hitar. He added that 65 detainees suspected of terror-related crimes, including suspects in the bombing of the USS Cole in October 2000, would be put on trial after Ramadan. Al-Hitar heads a committee that encourages terrorists to renounce violence. He told The Associated Press that the 92 al-Qaida...