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Yemen releases 100 al-Qaeda fighters
2004-11-11
Yemen is reportedly releasing 100 suspected sympathizers of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden because they have repented and renounced violence. Daily "September 26" said the release of the suspects started Wednesday on the orders of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Hammoud al-Hattar, the president of the committee meeting with extremists returning from Afghanistan, said none of the 100 being released are suspects in criminal acts. "They have all vowed and promised to renounce violence and respect the country's constitution and laws and help ensure national security and stability," Hattar said. He said the released suspects will be monitored by moderate Muslim clerics as well as security forces.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#12  BA, if we make it an exploding moderate imam to watch them, you have my vote.
Posted by: Onionman   2004-11-11 8:49:47 PM  

#11  I've seen a similar sign on the highway in NV between Carson Sity and Silver Lake
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-11 7:48:52 PM  

#10  "HITCHIKERS MAY BE ESCAPING INMATES"

And if you'd seen those inmates, you'd want to be escaping them, too.
Posted by: Old Grouch   2004-11-11 7:40:41 PM  

#9  (/sarcasm on/) Now, now, Onionman, how do we know they didn't just release them (much like Egypt just releasing a bunch of Islamic Brotherhood) for them to go to Yasser's burial? (/sarcasm off/). All joking aside, I hope they head right to Fallujah! Maybe we could nominate a "moderate imam" or two to "watch" these guys in Fallujah, eh? Hey, I'd rather them face the marines in Fallujah than I would see them running around free in Yemen to wreak havoc there, like the USS Cole.
Posted by: BA   2004-11-11 7:16:27 PM  

#8  Lol! When it comes to physical bodies to play the jihadi game, Yemen, dear friends, is the core of the onion.

Extend that 40KM strip southward till you hit seawater... MOAB the rest.
Posted by: .com   2004-11-11 3:54:02 PM  

#7  Did the Yemeni government pay for their tickets to Iraq as well?
Posted by: Onionman   2004-11-11 3:47:31 PM  

#6   This does, however, clear up the issue of how half the population of Yemen seems to be tied in some capacity or another to the U.S.S. Cole bombing. It's really just the same couple hundred guys ... they just keep getting released.
Posted by: Dan Darling   2004-11-11 3:28:06 PM  

#5  Yemen and Egypt, like France, are not really with us on this WOT thing.
Posted by: Tom   2004-11-11 3:25:55 PM  

#4  I think they call it sending in the reserves.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-11-11 3:22:46 PM  

#3  Is this some sort of Ramadan amnesty? Egypt just sprung a few dozen as well.
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-11-11 3:13:09 PM  

#2  Yemen is reportedly releasing 100 suspected sympathizers of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden because they have repented and renounced violence.

...trying...not...to....laugh...too...loudly...
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-11-11 3:04:44 PM  

#1  He said the released suspects will be monitored by moderate Muslim clerics as well as security forces.

Phew! I was worried for a second there...
Posted by: tu3031   2004-11-11 2:38:06 PM  

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