| Yemen has agreed to bolster security cooperation with neighboring Saudi Arabia. Yemeni officials said Sanaa has agreed to extradite an Al Qaida insurgent to Saudi Arabia. The officials did not identify the Al Qaida fugitive, but said he was a Saudi national regarded as a suspect in major attacks in the kingdom. A Saudi security team has been interrogating the Al Qaida operative in Sanaa, officials said. They said the team was expected to return to the kingdom with the suspect, wanted on a range of security offenses. The Yemeni Defense Ministry weekly, entitled "September 26," reported on Dec. 23 that Sanaa has already transferred the insurgent to Saudi custody. The weekly did not identify the insurgent, but said he had been under Yemeni protection. |