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Yemen repatriates 8 Saudi Al-Qaeda suspects
[ARABNEWS] Yemen has repatriated eight Saudis wanted for suspected links with Al-Qaeda in the second handover of its kind since February, said Interior Ministry front man Mansour Al-Turki on Thursday."The Kingdom has received eight Saudis wanted for joining Al-Qaeda in Yemen," he said. "The move comes as part of joint security operations between the two countries and the suspects will be tried in accordance with Saudi laws." Two of the suspects had already been locked away Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! and later released from prison in the Kingdom. Sanaa has also handed over the wife of a detained Saudi Al-Qaeda suspect who was "lured by members of the terrorist network in Yemen into illegally leaving the Kingdom without the knowledge of her family and husband," he said. Saudi authorities are on the hunt for dozens of citizens who have joined the group and who are based in Yemen. Yemeni authorities had handed over 29 wanted Saudis to the Kingdom in February. Saudi authorities launched a crackdown on the group's local branch after a wave of deadly Al-Qaeda attacks in the Kingdom between 2003 and 2006. Former prisoners at the US Guantanamo prison in Cuba who had been extradited to Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... for rehabilitation in December 2006 had undergone a reform program, but had later escaped to Yemen. Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again... Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Naif held a meeting on Wednesday, which included security bigshots from several sectors, to discuss the latest developments in the region. Prince Mohammed also assessed services and security measures during Ramadan, which will be applied during the Haj season in Makkah and Madinah, according to Al-Arabiya. Posted by: Fred 2014-08-01 |
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