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| Yemeni authorities release Aussie |
| 2006-12-09 |
| Three foreigners, including an Australian, have been released after almost two months in Yemeni detention for allegedly trying to smuggle weapons to Somalia, a Yemeni security official says. A Dane, an Australian and a Briton Yemeni authorities made the arrests in October. Two other Australians and a German were released last month, but two others, one from Austria and one from Somalia, remain in custody. All detainees are Muslims and some of them were said to be students at the Islamist Iman University, which is run by Sheik Abdul-Majid al-Zindani. The United States lists al-Zindani as an al-Qaeda supporter. University officials told Yemeni local papers after the arrests that none of the detainees were students in the Imam university. The arrests were part of a state security campaign launched against members of an al-Qaeda cell. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Didja hear the one about the Dane, the Australian and the Briton who tried to smuggle weapons through Yemen?Â… |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-12-09 02:38 |