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Arabia
Yemen sentences 2 for plot to kill ex-US ambassador
2006-03-05
A Yemeni court sentenced two men to five years in jail on Sunday for trying to kill the former U.S. ambassador to the Arab country with a hand grenade in 2004. Houzam al-Maas and Khalid al-Halilah, who had faced a maximum jail term of 10 years for trying to throw a hand grenade at the envoy as he was entering a shop, can appeal their sentence, their lawyers said.

Maas had pleaded guilty to attempting to kill the ambassador, but told the state security court he was psychologically ill. Halilah, a taxi driver, had pleaded not guilty, saying he only drove Maas to a weapons market.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#1  Anybets on how long before they are either: a) sprung via some sort of amnesty BS, or B) tunnel out and pop up right in the women's quarters of a nearby mosque???? ( Hey you gotta go with what works)
Posted by: USN Ret.   2006-03-05 21:45  

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