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| Yemen: Suspects Admit Plot to Murder US Ambassador | |
| 2004-06-02 | |
| Amidst intensified security measures, the Sanaâa Criminal Court started the first hearing of a group of 15 suspected terrorists. The prosecution charged the fifteen suspected terrorists with blowing up the French Oil Tanker in Mukalla in October 2002, carrying out several bombings in Sanaâa, killing one soldier and plotting to blow up the US, UK, French, German and Cuban embassies in Sanaâa as well as plotting to kill the US Ambassador to Yemen Edmund Hull. 14 of the accused were present at the court, although the 15th, Yasser Ali Salem, has yet to be arrested. When the prosecutor said the name of Limburg, the suspected terrorists shouted âAllah Akbar, Allah Akbar,â a tone showing happiness of victory. The prosecutor Saeed al-Akil said before the court judge Ahmad al-Jermuzi the suspected terrorists rented a house in Hadramaut to store explosives and another to get the boat prepared; he said the boat cost was $20,000. They also bought two tons of explosives where they stuffed the boat with an amount ranging from 1150-1250 kilo of TNT and 20 kilo of C4 plus a number of flashtubes. The operation against the tanker left one dead and caused, according to the prosecutor, an environment catastrophe. He also accused some of them, mainly Fawaz al-Rabee of firing against the helicopter owned by the US Oil Company Hunt wherein one of the crew was wounded. He said seven rockets were launched against the plane in addition to over 150 bullets fired by Hizam Mujali. The prosecution also accused them of carrying out several terrorist explosions in different parts of the capital Sanaâa including the office of the intelligence and house of one of its directors. The charges also included a plot to blow up the US, UK, French, German and Cuban embassies in Sanaâa as well as killing the US Ambassador to Yemen Edmund Hull. Some of the suspects denied the charges but some admitted them, mainly the plot to kill the US Ambassador. Saleem al-Dailami said that they wanted to restore the dignity of the government by killing Edmund Hull and take revenge for Abu Ali al-Harithi who was killed by an American drone in the desert of Marib in November 2002. âWe have gathered around as friends and plotted to kill the US Ambassador, we talked about that,â he said. The leading member of the group Fawaz al-Rabee was accused also of killing one soldier along with Hizam Mughalis when he tried to arrest them as well as throwing a grenade at policemen in Sanaâa. However he denied and refused to talk unless he gets an advocate.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 plotting to blow up the US, UK, French, German and Cuban embassies This is the second posting where I've seen that Cuba is being targeted by Moslem terrorists. Does anybody know the story about that? The other posting indicated to me that the cause involves some Moslems imprisoned in Cuba. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-06-02 11:46:36 PM |