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Yemenis protest mail bomb arrest
[Arab News] Students protested in Yemen on Sunday against the arrest of a co-student suspected of sending a postal package containing explosives to the United States.Governments, airlines and aviation authorities around the world are reviewing security after two mail bombs sent from Yemen were intercepted on planes in Dubai and Britain on Friday. Yemeni police jugged the woman, believed to be in her 20s, after tracing her through a telephone number she had left with a cargo company. The student and her mother were the first people to be jugged in connection with the foiled bomb plot. Dozens of students staged a sit-in in the courtyard of Sanaa University's engineering faculty calling for her release. "I don't think anyone would carry out a major operation like this and leave behind their real contact details ... I think she's the victim of a conspiracy," student Muhammad Al-Bazili said. A US official said a Saudi bombmaker believed to be working with Al-Qaeda's Yemen-based wing is a key suspect. Ibrahim Hassan Al-Asiri, who figures on a Saudi list of wanted terrorists, is the brother of a boomer killed in a bid last year to assassinate Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed bin Naif. Posted by: Fred 2010-11-01 |
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