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| Yemen Jails Qaida Man for Plotting General's Murder |
| 2014-04-23 |
[An Nahar] A Yemeni court tossed in the calabooseYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! an al-Qaeda Death Eater for 15 years on Tuesday on charges of helping plan the murder of the commander of a blistering 2012 offensive against the jihadists. The state security tribunal found Sami Dayan guilty of "taking part in plotting the liquidation of General Salem Ali Qatan, the chief military commander in south Yemen." Dayan was also convicted of "forming an gang to carry out terrorist acts," and of attacking military bases. Co-defendant Farhan Awad al-Saadi was tossed in the calaboose Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! for four years. A Somali jacket wallah killed Qatan on June 18, 2012 as he headed to his office in the southern port city of Aden. The assailant detonated his explosives after throwing himself on Qatan's car. A medic related to Qatan said the attacker shook hands with the general before blowing him up. |
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