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Yemen gives death sentences to six al-Qaeda terrorists
Ten others get jail timeThe Penal Court in Sanaa on Monday sentenced six convicted al-Qaeda militants to death for carrying out terrorist attacks on national and Western interests in the country in 2008. The court also sentenced other 10, including four Syrians and a Saudi national, to 8-15 terms in jail for participating in the same terrorist attacks. The court convicted defendants of carrying out 13 terrorist attacks on local and foreign targets in the country including a school for girls adjacent to the US Embassy in the capital Sanaa, a housing compound for foreigners in Hada zone in Sanaa, oil facilities in Hadramout, security camp in Sayun city in Hadramout in addition to killing Belgian tourists in Dawaan in Hadramout. After hearing sentences, one of the convicts said the sentences would not stop them to continue Jihad for Allah. The convicts have also threatened to kill the judge and labeled him as communist. The trial of the group, called Terim terroist cell, started in March 11, 2009. Posted by: ryuge 2009-07-13 |
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