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| There's apparently an al-Qaeda City in Yemen ... |
| 2006-05-16 |
| Several people in Al-Qaeda city, Ibb province, released a statement last week denouncing the acts of the Central Security soldiers who beat, badmouthed and threatened some locals without any obvious reasons. Soldiers on board a Central Security vehicle arrested Abduljalil Saleh Al-Samman for not lifting a new national flag during the passing by of the President's convoy. In the statement, locals confirmed they bear witness on assaults against innocent citizens who are appealing to the President to liberate them from such oppression, "as the attack against a single citizen is an attack against everyone." Victim Abduljalil Al-Samman said Central Security troops in Al-Qaeda assaulted him for not replacing the old national flag on the front of his shop with a new one because the President’s motorcade was driving through Al-Qaeda to Taiz. “Two Central Security vehicles forcibly grabbed me from inside my shop alleging that I refused to replace the old flag with a new one. They did not allow me to lock my shop and took me immediately to the Security Department without giving me any chance to speak,” Al-Samman described his ordeal. “Soldiers on board one of the police vehicles returned to the shop and scorned the other workers saying that they will do whatever they want. When my cousin Fayez responded to them saying they could never do anything, they pointed their guns at him and dragged him,” he went on. “They beat him severely and took him forcibly to the Security Department, alleging they beat my cousin because he defamed the President of the Republic." Al-Samman added: “at the security department, officers ordered us to forgive soldiers who beat us since we defamed the president, but we refused to abandon our rights as there is a law protecting everyone.” Security Department Chief sent officers from the criminal investigation to Al-Samman’s family members in an attempt to persuade them to forget about the case but they refused to abandon any oppression against them. They collected signatures of locals in the city to send a letter of appeal to the President urging him to ensure protection and rights of citizens. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 And there is a Paris in Texas... UBL's family is from the way east in the Hadramout and Ibb is in the middle of the country. Now I am not saying there's no AQ activity in Yemen...but I don't think this is it. Nonetheless, arresting someone for not rasing a flag at the right time is kind of jacked... |
| Posted by: beagletwo 2006-05-16 11:24 |
| #1 Binny's family was from Yemen.... hmmm.. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-05-16 09:57 |