A Yemeni official denied Wednesday claims religious organizations in Yemen were organizing the travel of Muslim militants to Iraq.
| "Nope. Nope. Never happened. Dunno how they got there." |
The source told UPI Yemen was committed to its cooperation with Washington in fighting terrorism. "Reports about organized exportation of Muslim fundamentalist fighters to Iraq are totally untrue," the source said, insisting, "Yemen and the United States were deploying tremendous efforts to uproot the evil of terrorism." The source said Yemen has barred scores of Yemeni youth from traveling to Iraq both during and after the U.S. invasion. "We actually returned the travelers from the airport because we do not consider ourselves as a party in the war," the official said. The U.S. command said last week Yemeni fundamentalists were among hundreds of Arab infiltrators who were arrested after crossing into Iraq to fight against U.S. forces. |