Anti-terrorism Efforts
Regime statement on cooperation:
Last year Yemen handed to Saudi Arabia 69 of its nationals wanted at home for belonging to the al-Qaida network as part of joint efforts to combat terrorism. Yemeni Interior Minister Rachad Alimi was quoted by the Yemeni media Thursday as telling a meeting of European police in Berlin the Saudi terror suspects were mostly captured while trying to sneak into Yemen in 2005. All were believed to belong to al-Qaida, and many had planned to travel to Iraq to join the Sunni insurgency.Underscoring Yemen’s bid to combat terrorism, Alimi said security forces aborted at least nine terrorist operations between 2002 and 2005 and referred 130 suspects in 11 cases of terror to specialized Yemeni courts, while it still held in custody 172 terror suspects, including 34 who planned to fight in Iraq.
