US security team visit Sana’a [Archives:2002/36/Local News]

YEMENI TIMES STAFF
Yemeni official sources said last week that a U.S. team of investigators was expected to discuss with Yemeni officials the closure of the USS Cole file and the trial of those held suspects. The sources said the file is now ready for being referred to trial, adding that there is no reason for delay of the trial. However, other sources denied the possibility of closing Cole’s file. They said the team is coming to open this file and discuss information gathered from Guantanamo suspects as well as security cooperation aspects concerning the war on terrorism.
The U.S. government insisted every now and then that the case file should not be closed as information, which might be key to the USS Cole bombing, can be collected from the detainees of Guanatamo.
A number of NGOs and human rights activists criticized the Yemeni government for holding a number of detainees without any legal warrant or trial.
Some political observers view that U.S. intends to use the case as a means of pressure on the Yemeni government so as to gain more concessions and facilities in the war against terrorism.

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