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| Yemen Says Holding 85 Suspected Islamic Militants |
| 2002-05-31 |
| Yemen is holding 85 people suspected of links al Qaeda and another militant group, the official Saba news agency reported Thursday. "Some of those (detainees) are also suspected of committing illegal acts and are being interrogated," Saba quoted a security official as saying. The detainees belonged to al Qaeda, blamed for the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, and Islamic Jihad, a militant group operating in several Middle Eastern countries, the official said. Wednesday, Yemen told Washington it was committed to supporting the war on terrorism. Yemeni authorities said earlier they had detained about 170 suspected militants. Parliamentary Speaker Sheikh Abdullah bin Hussein al-Ahmar, who heads an opposition party, said earlier this month that Yemen was holding "hundreds or maybe thousands" of people in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks. Prime Minister Abdul-Qader Bagammal denied earlier this month that al Qaeda had a presence in Yemen, but said some of its Yemeni members had returned home. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |