Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 5/13/2002
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of May 13, 2002
- Yemeni tribes warn of any American strike; the aim is strategic and not al-Qaida
The statement also stressed "the involvement of any international forces especially the US on what has been rumored of striking a certain area will be eventually a grave strategic mistake, rejected and is not in the confines of fighting terrorism." Yemen-USA, Politics, 5/18/2002 - Yemeni journalist to be jailed for 8 months
A Yemeni court on Wednesday issued a sentence that suspends from working the Yemeni journalist Seif Muhammad Ahmad al-Hadiri, chief editor of the Yemeni weekly al-Shomou' ( the candles) and to fine him by 10,000 Yemeni riyals because he issued the weekly following a decision from the ministry of the information to suspend it "temporarily" because its renewal file has not completed yet. Yemen, Politics, 5/17/2002 - Yemeni President underestimates the importance of 'sympathizers with al-Qaida' group
In statements issued on Sunday, the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that security cooperation between Washington and Sanaa in the field of fighting terrorism will be limited to few weeks, noting that the existence of 30 American experts to train the Yemeni security forces "does not mean an American military presence in our country." He, on the other hand, underestimated the importance of an unidentified group calling themselves "the sympathizers with al-Qaida organization." Yemen-USA, Politics, 5/13/2002