Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Official: Yemen releases 170 al-Qaida suspects

SAN'A, Yemen – Yemen released 170 men it had arrested on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaida, security officials said Sunday, two weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen had become the base of its activities for the whole Arabian peninsula. (Snip) The men were freed Friday and Saturday after signing pledges not to engage in terrorism — a strategy the Yemeni government has often used...

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