American Pressure to Take Part in Interrogations [Archives:2000/45/Front Page]

For the third successive week massive arrest campaigns against Islamists are being launched in a number of governorates in relation to the USS Cole incident.

Reliable sources have revealed that American pressures had been put on Yemen to take part in interrogating the suspects. Local sources in Aden said that the Yemeni side was carefully studying possibilities of American participation in the interrogations as observers.
Yemen Airforce forbade a landing attempt of an American Helicopter in Aden last Wednesday for not having a permission. During the last two weeks more than 60 American helicopters landed in Aden.
Following many threats to attack Aden Hotel, American Inspectors moved to Gold Mohur Hotel after a bomb was defused near the Aden Hotel.
Pointing to a possibility of Israeli involvement in the incident, President Saleh told people of Hadhramout in an open meeting that investigation was smoothly going on by the Yemeni Authorities.

Five suspects had been arrested in Sayoun and Lahj including a member of the YSP, a teacher, a salesman and a member of Jihad called Abu Ammar.
The Yemeni investigation team is said to have achieved a lot in contradiction with the American expectations.

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