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Yemen arrests 11 Al-Qaeda suspects
2008-05-30
Yemeni security forces have broken up an 11-member Al-Qaeda cell in the capital Sanaa, the defence ministry's online newspaper reported on Thursday.

"The Saudis are jihadists who originally wanted to go to Iraq but ended up coming to Yemen because of the strict measures taken by authorities in their country for monitoring the border with Iraq."
The suspects, who were arrested over the past few days, revealed during their interrogation "important information regarding terrorist attacks carried out by Al-Qaeda (in Yemen)," the September 26 website reported.

Al-Qaeda's wing in Yemen, which calls itself Jund Al-Yemen Brigades, has carried out a series of attacks in recent months targeting the US and Italian embassies and a residential complex which is home to US oil workers.

Vice-Prime Minister for defence and security affairs General Rashed al-Alimi was due to give a press conference to provide more information on the arrests, it said, without giving further details. "Six Saudi Arabians and three Chadians are among the people arrested," a source close to the inquiry said. "The Saudis are jihadists who originally wanted to go to Iraq but ended up coming to Yemen because of the strict measures taken by authorities in their country for monitoring the border with Iraq."
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