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| Al-Ahdal only gets 37 months in Yemeni prison | ||
| 2006-05-03 | ||
| Yemen's state security court sentenced a senior al Qaeda suspect to 37 months in prison on Wednesday for funding militants in the Arab state. Mohammad Hamdi al-Ahdal, named as al Qaeda's number two in Yemen, was charged with forming an armed gang, financing al Qaeda militants and involvement in the deaths of 18 Yemeni soldiers. Judge Najib al-Qaderi said Ahdal was convicted of "gathering funds and distributing them to a number of people accused of belonging to al Qaeda". He did not mention the rest of the charges, and it was not clear whether Ahdal would face further sentencing later. The 35-year-old Ahdal, also known as Abu Asem al-Macci, had denied all charges.
Legal sources said Ahdal can appeal against the ruling.
The prosecutor told the state security court that Ahdal, who was arrested in 2003, had received around $50,000 (27,000 pounds) from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to purchase arms and explosives. | ||
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| Trial of al-Qaeda leader in Yemen ends |
| 2006-04-19 |
| A Yemeni state security court wrapped up on Tuesday the trial of the suspected second-in-command of the terror al-Qaeda network in Yemen and set April 26 for pronouncing the verdict. Mohammad Hamdi al-Ahdal, 35, has been charged with financing attacks against Western targets in Yemen. Prosecutors have told the court that al-Ahdal had received up to 50,000 dollars from al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to finance the networks operations in Yemen and to give aid for families of detained members of the group. They said he had received around 150, 000 dollars from a fellow al-Qaeda man identified as Saudi national Abu-Omar al-Usaimi. At Tuesday's final hearing, al-Ahdal rejected the charge of financing attacks in Yemen. But he admitted to having aided families of Islamic militants held in custody of US or Yemeni authorities. 'Yes, I have been giving financial aid to families of Mujahedeen (holy warriors), and I'm happy for doing that,' al-Ahdal said. He further said that American and Saudi investigators had interrogated him during his detention in a Sana'a jail. Yemeni authorities believe that al-Ahdal, who was arrested in 2003, was the deputy of Ali Qaed Sinan al-Harthi, alias Abu Ali al- Harthi, who was killed in a November 2002 CIA missile attack on his car in eastern Yemen. Harthi has been described by Yemeni officials as the top al-Qaeda local leader in Yemen. Officials have said that al-Ahdal was believed to be the financier of the October 12, 2000 suicide attack on the US navy destroyer USS Cole in Yemens southern harbour of Aden, which killed 17 American sailors. This charge, however, was not mentioned in the charges sheet read out in the courtroom when the trial began on February 13. Contrary to previous reports that al-Ahdal had lost a leg fighting in Chechnya, he appeared looking healthy and with all his limbs. |
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| Yemen: Security alert after foiled terrorist attack |
| 2003-12-15 |
| A security alert has been issued after the Yemeni security forces foiled a plan to attack the United Kingdom embassy in Sanaa on Friday. Militants possibly linked to al Qaeda plotted to blow up the British embassy in Yemen. The militants were arrested while filming the building in Sanaa. âI think it was very serious...,â Britainâs ambassador to Yemen, Frances Guy, told the BBC when asked about the plot. âWe are very conscious that we are a high priority target here in Yemen and we try our best on a daily basis to review our security and improve it as much as we can.â The BBC said some 20 militants were involved in a plot to drive a truck bomb through the gates of the embassy some three months ago. After being caught filming the building, their video tape was sent to London for analysis, the BBC said. A Foreign Office spokesman in London declined to comment on details of the report, saying: âWe never comment on the security of individual buildings for good reason, but the security of our staff is paramount. âThere is not one size fits all approach to security.â This comes after a group calling itself âal-Qaeda Yemen Branchâ had made explicit threats through a statement sent to al-Wahdawi newspaperâs website claiming responsibility for the latest attack against Shabwa governor and waned of future attacks. The number one wanted al-Qaeda element in Yemen Mohammad Hamdi al-Ahdal, who is also known as Abu Asem al-Makki, was arrested a few weeks ago after close monitoring by security forces. The arrest triggered security alerts throughout the country for possible remaining elements who may retaliate. |
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| Al-Qaeda paymaster captured | |||
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| A little bit more detail on al-Ahdal, who he is, and how he was caught. Yemen hopes to glean crucial data about al-Qaida operations after catching a senior suspect linked to the 2000 bombing of the warship USS Cole.
Cannon fodder or middle management? Yemeni officials believe the suspect was the leading distributor of al-Qaida funds and his arrest could expose networks outside Yemen. I expect that most of the cash is coming in through the northern border, somehow ... "We will probably get important information about his ties with other elements because he played a leading role and was the main link in distributing funds [to al-Qaida members]," he said.
Yummy, sounds like a major player. Diplomats said the Islamist militant had been protected by powerful tribal leaders in Yemenâs rugged mountain regions. Gee, that meme sounds suspiciously familiar ... Yemenâs former No 1 suspect, Ali Qaed Senyan al-Harthi, was killed by a missile fired from an unmanned CIA drone last year. Harthi and his aide, Ahdal, were key suspects in the Cole bombing in Aden harbour which killed 17 sailors. I thought al-Ahdal was the supremo and al-Harthi the lackey. If thatâs not the case, then since Harthi has been replaced by al-Kandahari, that would make al-Ahdal the second highest-ranking al-Qaeda suspect in Yemen. Why canât these guys just have rank titles and save us all a lot of trouble? | |||
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