| I think I'd use a different word other than "launch" after bombing a tanker. |
Fourteen Yemenis convicted of a string of terror offences including the October 2002 bombing of the French oil supertanker Limburlaunched their appeals on Saturday. The 14, as well as one other tried in absentia, were sentenced in on August 28 to punishments ranging from prison terms of up to ten years, to death. They were convicted on charges relating to a range of terror plots including the tanker bombing, a plot to kill the United States ambassador in Sana'a, and plans to attack embassies in the Yemeni capital. The Sana'a counter-terrorism Court of Appeals heard appeal statements from seven convicts aged between 23 and 27, who have pleaded guilty to minor offences but denied any role in the Limburg bombing, or in the assassination or bomb plots. | "Lies! All lies! At least the ones that'll get us jugged!" |
After hearing initial defence pleas, the appeal courts chief judge Naji Sayid al-Qattaa set next Saturday for the next court session and asked the other seven present defendants to prepare their pleas, which will be heard December 11. |