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Yemen: Four French of Arab origin arrested
Yemen, Local, 9/24/2002
The Yemeni authorities on Sunday evening arrested four French men of Arab origin, suspected to have links with al-Qaida organization.
Sources in the Yemeni opposition said the four men arrived in Yemen several months ago after they had received tourism entry visas for Yemen from Cairo and Paris airports, adding that the four men are carrying French passports and presumed to be of Algerian or Tunisian origin.
They were arrested at al-Hadd directorate in Lahj city to the southern part of the country where they had arrived three weeks earlier coming from the city of Saadah, to the north of Yemen, known of being the headquarters for al-Salafeyah groups.
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