Yemen received guarantees that it is not targeted

The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah saleh has stressed he has got guarantees during his visit to Washington that Yemen is not targeted in the terrorism fighting campaign.

He said that the Yemeni authorities are chasing two or three persons suspected to be members in al-Qaeda organization, led by Osama Bin Laden.

News reports quoted Saleh as saying in a meeting he held on Friday with men of religion and large number of officials and businessmen in the Yemeni provinces of Aden, Abyan and Lahj in the southern part of Yemen:" we have certain names not exceeding two or three and they are currently chased to be arrested and then find out if they are from al-Qaeda organization.

In his statements, Saleh criticized leaked news reports which tried to show that Yemen is targeted and will be attacked, stressing that such statements are groundless.