Death sentence for American doctors’ killer confirmed [Archives:2003/691/Front Page]

Ismail Al-Ghabiri
The Ibb Appeals Court has backed on Monday the death sentence against Abid Abdulrazzaq Al-Kamil, the killer of three American aid workers of Jibla Hospital.
Al Kamil, 30, killed one doctor, one administrators, and a purchasing agent in December 2002. The verdict stated that the excruciation should be made public.
He was sentenced on May 10 for premeditated murder of the three Americans.
The judge clarified that all accounts of murder are directly blamed on the defendant, and that all evidence confirms he murdered the aid workers intentionally, and hence deserves capital punishment by firing squad.
The ruling endorses the earlier ruling of the preliminary court of Ibb that issued a verdict of death to Al-Kamil.
Al-Kamil confessed his crime, saying that the doctors were missionaries and converted some Muslims to Christianity.
After hearing the verdict, Al-Kamil, who was behind the bar, appeared calm and never showing being sorry; rather, he thanked God and prayed to him, lashing out at Arab leaders, accusing them of being the protectors of the 'Zionist state'. And that, according to him, there must be a crack down on these protecting forces of Israel.
The verdict reading session was attended by representatives of the US embassy in Sana'a, which never gave any comment on the verdict.
Even though it is unlikely that the verdict may be averted, Al-Kamil says that he will go for the Supreme Court, which he can apply to in 40 days, and hence delay his public execution for a few more months.
The Jibla Hospital incident was believed to be linked to the murder of Jarallah Omar. Both incidents were just a few days apart and later investigations had shown that the motives were similar and that the radicals intended to assassinate yet another number of people based on a list they prepared.
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