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Al-Sabeen suicide bomber was an Al-Qaeda prisoner
[Yemen Post]  A Yemeni newspaper close to the former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... stated on Tuesday that the jacket wallah of Al-Sabeen Square bombing in which hundreds of troops were killed and maimed was an Al-Qaeda prisoner. Alyaman Alyawam Newspaper (Yemen Today) in which the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh wrote an article, said that the name of the bomber is Ameen-Addin Ali Al-Wirafi and that he is originally form Ibb governorate. The newspaper said that Al-Warafi was imprisoned on charges of connection to Al-Qaeda. Nashwan News, a Yemeni online newspaper, said that Al-wrafi was sentenced to five years in prison in 2007 after he was convicted of affiliation to Al-Qaeda, and preparation to carry out suicide kabooms against government facilities in Marib and Hadhramout in 2006. Nashwan News wondered how Al-Wirafi was recruited in the Central Security while he was an Al-Qaeda suspect. About 96 soldiers were killed and 300 others were maimed at a military parade rehearsal on Monday. Most of the casualties were from the Central Security Organization - a paramilitary force commanded by Yahya Saleh, a nephew of former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh. Minister of Defense Mohammad Nasser Ahmed and Chief of General Staff Ahmed Ali Al-Ashwal who were present escaped uninjured. Al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen grabbed credit for the bombing, saying that the suicide kaboom was intended to avenge a U.S.-backed offensive against al-Qaeda in southern towns seized by the krazed killer movement last year. The UN Security Council has condemned "in the strongest terms" the suicide kaboom, described the attack as a "heinous act" and vowed to combat "all forms of terrorism". Posted by: Fred 2012-05-24 |
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