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| Al-Houthi's fugitive brother sentenced to 15 years in jail |
| 2010-02-07 |
| A Yemeni court handed down a 15-year jail sentence against the fugitive brother of Shiite rebel leader Abdul Malak al-Houthi after convicting him of carrying out acts of terror. The court found Yahia al-Houthi guilty in absentia of plotting the murders of important figures, including the American ambassador in Sanaa. It also convicted him of being in a terrorist organization, assaulting the constitutional order, disseminating tendentious information and contacts with foreign powers. Houthi, who has fled to Germany, was elected to parliament in 2003 on the ticket of the General People's Congress of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, but his parliamentary immunity was lifted late last year. His brother heads the Zaidi Shiite rebels who have been fighting Yemeni troops in the northern mountains since 2004. The defense ministry's online newspaper, September 26, said on Saturday that eleven Houthi rebels were killed in their stronghold of Saada. |
| Posted by:Fred |