Updated: The Zawahiri Deal Comes to Fruition?
Sahwa Net – Yemeni security forces released on Tuesday 11 al-Qaeda suspects who were held at al-Mansour prison in Aden , well-informed sources told Sahwa Net.
According to the sources, the release came following issuing official orders to the prison management , pointing out that these orders would include 140 prisoners charged with affiliation to al-Qaeda.
The sources also revealed that the freed persons pledged to abandon terror acts which could damage Yemen , its security and stability.
Yemeni security sources had declared last month that it managed to thwart escaping attempt from al-Mansoura prison, indicating that an underground tunnel was discovered inside the prison.
Update via Empty Quarter: Mukallapress reports that 20 were released to fight southerners after a meeting with Saleh that included Abdulkhalid al Nabi and others.
What that may mean is that Saleh is unable to get al Wahishi to fight the southerners for him and is reactivating the older generation. A schism between Saleh and al Wahishi is a good thing. Nabi was previously reported as fighting in Sa’ada, and the Zawahiri deal as reported focused on more fighters for Sa’ada in exchange for prisoner releases.
Google Translation: Aden – Mukalla Press – a special date: 3/2/2009
Released by the security authorities of the Governorate of Aden from the 20 prisoners belonging to Al Qaeda, as alleged in its power to arrest them. A source familiar with the Mukalla said that the prisoners were released this morning, the direct orders of the President of the Republic.
The release came following a meeting between President about four days before the collections of the radical clerics of whom are associated with power Tariq and Khalid Fadli Abdulnabi.
There were reports of a deal with the President of the religious groups to fight the movement as a trap and the southern exit of the Caribbean Community, as alleged by the President and the implementation of the deal included the assassination of the symbols and leaders of the movement in the southern South.
