Cole Co-Conspirator Released in Yemen
No, not rehabilitated, not escaped, released. Yemen Times:
• The Specialized Penal Court (SPC) last Tuesday ordered the release of Hadi Saleh Al-Waeli suspected of selling arms, ammunition and explosives to terrorists who bombed the USS Cole Destroyer at Aden Port in 2000.According to media sources, the SPC ordered Al-Waeli’s release after three years in jail. The decision to release the arms trafficker comes shortly after the jailbreak of 23 Al-Qaeda prisoners from Sana’a Political Security Central Prison.
I guess they are finally getting off the fence and picking a side, but my, what a bad choice it is. So does this mean everybody is out now? All the people involved is blowing up a US ship and killing 17 sailors? Saleh is covering his tracks.
Related from this YT link: Released to be re-captured for the reward money? Finacial motivations vs. ideological ones? What a harebrained scheme if true.
• A report published in the latest issue of U.S. magazine Newsweek revealed that the U.S. embassy in Sana’a believes there are parties in Yemen’s government that facilitated escape operations of 23 suspected Al-Qaeda members. The report mentioned the allegations are attributed to Yemeni sources in contact with the U.S. embassy who believe some elements in Yemen’s government might have aided the prisoners’ escape, motivated by the hope of gaining financial reward from U.S. authorities allocated for capturing the most-wanted individuals, namely, Jamal Al-Badawi and Jaber Al-Banna. A $5 million reward is to be given to whoever provides information leading to any of the fugitives’ arrest.
Sympathizers, how about accomplices?
• Media reports mentioned in recent days that Saudi Arabia has imposed a state of emergency regarding its borders with Yemen, fearing infiltration of 23 Al-Qaeda escapees into its territory. Reports added that Saudi Arabia has strengthened its watch on the borders, about which it complains of weapons smuggling and infiltrators from Yemen. A Saudi official earlier said the cause behind the prisoner escapes was weakness in Yemeni security apparatuses and the existence of Yemeni sympathizers.
Logistical Support , From M&C: Opposition leader Abdullah Salam Hakimi said the repeat of the escape operation by the same people and with the same details ‘increases suspicion about the presence of logistic support at the highest level inside the Yemeni system based on unclear interests.’
From the People’s Daily,China: Six more troops killed. (This thing with the Houthis is just unending.) From the Yemen Times, also civilians: Three soldiers and two women killed in confrontation in Saada, Breaking through citizens houses in Amran in search for al-Houthi followers
