Israeli Intell Links with Yemeni Terrorists: Saleh
Otay. The same guy who said the US blew the USS Cole….
President Saleh revealed on Monday that security forces in Yemen caught an espionage network for Israel made up of Arab nationals. This announcement came during his speech in front of MP’s, Shura Council members, local council members, scholars and military and security leaders at Hadhramout University.
According to the president the suspected spies will be brought before the courts shortly in a public trial after investigations are complete.
The network was comprised of 40 people from different Arab nationalities spying for Mossad, the Israeli international intelligence said sources from National and Political Security Units. The members of the espionage network entered Yemen on the premise of conducting business, tourism and even for preaching in mosques. Saleh said that the suspected spies form a terrorism cell that uses also Islam to reach their targets.Members were arrested individually and found to be in possession of detailed maps for sensitive security sites, intelligence telecommunication units and advanced tracking devices.
He called on the political parties and local councils to cooperate with the security forces to combat terrorism and to reject this phenomenon and guard against its spread in Yemeni society.
” Religious scholars of Hadhramout were the ones who spread the word of peace of Islam to the East and South Asia and were ahead of everyone that is why we do not want to Hadhramout to be a center for terrorists and terrorism,” said Saleh.
President Saleh said that Yemenis at large denounce all acts of terrorism that harms the country in all aspects and facets of life and that these terrorists want only to defame and distort the image of Yemen
President Saleh said that the terrorists do not know what they want and have no political agenda that can make the government dialogue with them. They only have hatred against Yemen at large hatred against children, women, old people not only against the government and its leadership, Saleh added.
AFP
SANAA (AFP) — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh announced on Monday the dismantling of a “terrorist cell” which he said was linked to Israeli intelligence services.“A terrorist cell was arrested five days ago and will be referred to the judicial authorities for its links with the Israeli intelligence services,” Saleh was quoted as saying by the official Saba news agency.
He said the group operated under the “slogan of Islam.”
The Yemeni president made the statement during a meeting with politicians, security and military officials, and tribal leaders at Al-Mukalla University in the eastern province of Hadramawt.
Saleh did not say how many people were arrested nor give details on their alleged links to Israeli intelligence.
“Details of the trial will be announced later,” he told the gathering.
“You will hear about what goes on in the proceedings,” Saleh said, urging Yemen’s political parties to close ranks and cooperate to confront acts of terrorism, Saba reported.
In August, Yemeni security forces arrested five suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Hadramawt, days after the authorities revealed they had uncovered a new “terrorist” cell near the port city of Al-Mukalla.
Yemen, ancestral homeland of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, has been battling suspected Al-Qaeda militants since before the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
President unearths arresting terrorist cell has links with Israeli intelligence
HADRAMOUT, Oct. 06 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh unearthed arresting terrorist cell five days ago has links with Israeli intelligence, despite raising a banner for Islam.
“You will hear about what will be going on in the proceedings,” said the president, calling all political parties and people of good will to cooperate for facing terrorist acts for making all people in peaceful and stable conditions.
In his meeting with officials and dignitaries in Hadramout governorate on Monday, president Saleh talked about governor’s elections “I congratulate you for electing Salem al-Khanbashi as governor for Hadramout. I know him as honest and nationalistic person and for this reason I brought him to run for the elections despite blame for nominating a person from out the party (GPC).”
He talked about establishing university in Hadramout Valley, saying that there are three colleges and I will direct the government to complete the university in the Valley because it has become great governorate with complete security apparatus.
Concerning land assigned for investment, the president directed the governor to notify those who have been granted these lands and have not carried out investment projects on having a period of 3-4 months to start their projects unless the lands will be granted to citizens to make use of them.
He affirmed that these lands have been granted to investors for making investment projects providing work opportunities not to be frozen or trade for illegally.
Concerning electricity, he says “we are working on providing 30 mega watt of electricity generated by gas. We are intending to build strategic project for generating energy. For this purpose we seek for French, Jordanian, American and Malaysian expertise for establishing a station for generating electricity with nuclear energy and Allah will help us succeed in this.”
He noted increasing of cement production for there is a number of cement factories working in Yemen and new ones in Lahj and in Hadramout.
“I seize this opportunity for meeting with this elite of people in this hall to call political parties to actively participate in the elections (2009 parliamentary elections),” he said.
