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| Yemeni Politicianâs Killer to Count Muzzle Blasts |
| 2003-09-15 |
| A Yemeni court yesterday sentenced to death an Islamic militant convicted of shooting dead a leading politician last December and plotting to kill other secular figures. The North Sanaa district court found Ali Ahmad Jarallah, 26, guilty of gunning down the deputy secretary-general of the Yemen Socialist Party (YSP), Jarallah Omar, 56. Ahmad Jarallah was arrested immediately after the shooting which took place at a party congress for the Islamic-oriented Yemeni Congregation for Reform or Islah on Dec. 28, 2002. Police said after the attack that Jarallah belonged to the Islah, but the main opposition party vehemently denied his membership. "Nope, never heard of him. He must of snuck into the party." âWe find him guilty of premeditated murder of Jarallah Omar and the attempted murder of Saeid Al-Mameri,â said the verdict read by Chief Judge Abdul-Rahman Jahhaf. Al-Mameri, a member of Islah, was injured in the shooting. The court ordered that Jarallah be executed by a firing squad. Dressed in blue prison uniform and standing behind bars, Jarallah, who did not show any emotion during earlier court hearings, nodded and smiled when the verdict was pronounced. "Groovey, man. Oh wow, look at the colors!" The court also convicted the man of planning to set up a 13-member terror cell to murder secular politicians, journalists and foreign missionaries. Mostly politicians, they tend to frown on that. Five other men, accused by prosecution of belonging to Jarallahâs group, were given prison terms between three and 10 years for helping him. No revolving door prison for you guys. The court acquitted six others due to lack of evidence. The assassination of Omar came two days before Islamic militant Aabid Abdur-Razzak Kamil, 32, shot dead three American missionaries at a Baptist hospital in southern Yemen. Kamil shot dead two physicians and an administrator on Dec. 30, 2003. A fourth missionary was injured in the attack. Prosecutors said Kamil was No. 2 in the terror group established by Jarallah. Kamil was sentenced to death by a criminal court in southern Yemen in May. Neither one will be missed. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Kamil shot dead two physicians and an administrator on Dec. 30, 2003. Slight problem with this sentence..... |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-9-15 3:48:26 PM |