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German held over suspected al-Qaeda links freed in Yemen |
2006-11-05 |
![]() The source would not provide further details, and German embassy officials in Sana'a refused to comment. The man was among a group of eight foreigners arrested in Sana'a on October 16. The other suspects are three Australians, a Briton and a Dane, another unidentified Westerner and a Somali. "Initial investigations suggest that the men belonged to the al- Qaeda organization," an interior ministry statement said last week. Security sources have told dpa that all the seven Westerners are Muslims who have been studying Arabic at private schools in Sana'a. |
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