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Two German former soldiers found guilty of attempt to form mercenary group for fighting in Yemen | |||
2022-10-26 | |||
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] Former German soldiers were convicted Monday of trying to form a mercenary group to intervene in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s civil war. They were found guilty of attempting to form a terrorist organization. The Stuttgart state court said the two men, aged 61 and 53, were given suspended sentences of 18 months and 14 months. It didn’t release their names. The two men decided in April 2021 to set up a paramilitary unit of 100 to 150 people, predominantly current and former German soldiers, the court found. The court said the defendants were influenced by "ideas colored by Christian fundamentalism" and by the predictions of a
The defendants confessed at the trial and had no previous convictions, the court said. It added that no one is appealing the verdict. | |||
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