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| Trial of 36 'Qaeda-linked' Yemenis resumes |
| 2007-04-16 |
| A Yemeni man accused of being affiliated with Al Qaeda claimed on Sunday that a confession he made was extracted under torture. Abu Bakr al-Rubaei is one of 36 Yemenis on trail in the countryÂ’s state security court on charges of they took part in foiled suicide attacks on industrial installations. Al-Rubaei told authorities during his interrogation that he and others were planning to carry out terrorist operations targeting Western and U.S. interests and homes of diplomats in the country. But on Sunday, al-Rubaei said he made the confession under duress. Al-Rubaei has pleaded not guilty to the charges and told the court that he was asked by some Jihadi groups to be involved in attacks in Yemen and Iraq, but he refused. Judge Radhwan al-Nimr adjourned the trial until next Sunday. Al Qaeda has an active presence in Yemen, the ancestral home of Osama Bin Laden, despite government efforts to fight the terror network. Al Qaeda was blamed for the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Aden that killed 17 American sailors and the attack on a French oil tanker that killed one person two years later. |
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