The Aden Abyan Army’s Deal
YT/NY Islamist Ahmed Haidrah Abubakr, also known as Abulashaath, said that the latest wave of arrests of Mujahideen in various parts of the country were only to satisfy US demands delivered to President Saleh during his latest visit to Washington DC last week, Al-Ashaath told Al-Wasat newspaper.Abualashaath himself was arrested a few days ago by security forces after his house was besieged, giving him the only option of submitting himself or detaining his father as hostage.
In a phone conversation from his cell in Abyan, Abulashaath said that the government had failed to deliver many of its promises given to Aden Abyan Army members based on a dialogue arranged by prominent Islamic scholar Hamud Al-Hitar. He said the authorities refused to ‘remedy’ the situation of Mujahideen, and instead arrested them without any clear justifications or accusations.
Asked about whether the Aden Abyan Army would reorganize itself to return to its militant nature, Abulashaath said that “Mujahideen are a problem whether they are in or out of the Army”, denying reports that authorities provided new and specific demands to free the detained Mujahideen. He said “we know that we were imprisoned again only to be used against those opposing the regime.”
This development comes after 16 members of the former Aden Abyan Army were arrested a few months ago. So far none of the detainees is formally accused or tried.
The same story at the YO.
