After extensive pressure was exerted by parliamentarians & detainees’ relatives:Terror suspects to be tried [Archives:2003/657/Local News]

By Yaser al-Mayyasi
Yemen Times Staff
SANA'A_ After tremendous pressure was exerted by Yemeni parliamentarians and relatives of detainees currently in prison for suspected links to terrorist cells or networks, hundreds of those detainees are now finally on the verge of being tried.
Among those detainees are USS Cole suspects, along with suspects thought to have links to the blast of the French super tanker Limburg, while many others are directly accused of being part of al-Qaeda organization or their sympathizers.
The government seemed to be reluctant to forward the files of detainees to court until date.
The Yemeni interior minister has promised the parliament to refer the cases of the detainees to court and set the ones found innocent free.
There are currently 5 out of 13 USS Close suspects still not found.
The Yemeni authorities said it believes that the 5 suspects were killed when their boat hit the Cole destroyer.
Furthermore, according to the Yemeni authorities, 2 out 10 prisoners who escaped from one of Aden's prisons are key USS Cole suspects. Two of the ten suspects were detained by the Saudi authorities, while efforts are being made to have the rest arrested. The eight others are thought to be active members of al-Qaeda.
Meanwhile, the Limburg file is still incomplete as Yemeni intelligence is still collecting information from detainees.
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