Yemin arrests terrorist with connection to Osama
I'm not sure how important this is, Yemen is trying to make brownie points with the West. But it's worth noting.
YEMENI President Ali Abdallah Saleh announced Tuesday the arrest of a "terrorist" - allegedly linked to his main election rival and to Osama bin Laden - accused of plotting attacks against US interests.
"We have arrested a major terrorist who was planning operations against American installations and the Movenpick hotel," Mr Saleh said at a press conference on the eve of the presidential poll.
He said the suspect was a bodygard for Faisal bin Shamlan, his main challenger in Wednesday's presidential race.
Mr Saleh's private secretary Abdo Burji said the suspect, Hussein al-Jerdani, was arrested on Sunday and had close links with the al-Qaeda terror chief.
"He was a companion of Osama bin Laden and is the owner of a house rented to a cell which recently tried to launch attacks against oil installations in Yemen," Mr Burji said. source
After all, 'Yemeni security forces foiled twin suicide bombings against an oil refinery in Maarib, in the desert east of the capital Sanaa, and a Canadian-run terminal in the port of Dhabba on the Gulf of Aden', killing four terrorists and a security guard.
Related, sort of, from The Counterterrism Blog:
As-yet unsubstantiated reports have begun circulating on radical Arabic-language Internet chat forums that a major effort is now underway to bring the notorious Ansar al-Sunnah Army in Iraq officially under the umbrella of Al-Qaida's Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC). Active since at least mid-2003, Ansar al-Sunnah is one of the few Iraqi insurgent groups other than Zarqawi's Al-Qaida to openly advocate a pro-Bin Laden platform, to carry out suicide bombing attacks, and to distribute beheading videos on the Internet. According to the reports, discussions and "planning sessions" are currently being held in the restive western Al-Anbar province between representatives of Al-Qaida and Ansar al-Sunnah, with the ultimate objective of announcing their would-be merger during the coming month of Ramadan (approximately September 24 to October 23, 2006).
Such a possible merger could hold very dark implications for the future of Iraq. (more)
Labels: al-Qaeda, MSC, Mujahideen Shura Council, Terrorism, World Scene, Yemen
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