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Saleh informs Sultan of Al-Qaeda plots uncovered in Yemen
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has briefed Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, on terrorist plots against Saudi Arabia uncovered after police raided an Al-Qaeda hideout in southeastern Yemen, official media reported yesterday.Saleh told Prince Sultan in a telephone conversation late Tuesday that an Al-Qaeda cell dismantled by security forces in the Hadhramout province on Monday had plotted terrorist attacks in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The Yemeni leader said police had seized documents containing "dangerous information unveiling a plan by Al-Qaeda to carry out terrorist acts in Yemen and Saudi Arabia," according to the state-run Al-Thawra daily. Authorities said on Tuesday that a key member of Al-Qaeda in Yemen was killed in Monday's gunbattle in the Hadhramout province. They said Hamza Al-Quaiti, believed to be the mastermind of several terrorist attacks that hit Yemen in recent months, was among five Al-Qaeda suspects killed as police stormed their hide-out in Tarim, 900 km southeast of Sanaa. Two police officers were also killed and five others, including two policemen, injured in the shootout. The Defense Ministry on its website quoted unnamed official sources as saying police seized a cache of explosives, including 40 bags of gunpowder, explosive devices, hand grenades, machine guns and gas cylinders. Posted by: Fred 2008-08-14 |
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