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Article Yemen: Court Convicts Al-Qaeda Members

(Dec. 2, 2007) A Yemeni court with national security and terrorist jurisdiction convicted 34 suspects of membership in al-Qaeda and of planning to blow up oil installations in the provinces of Mareb and Hadramout during the month of September 2006. It sentenced them to prison terms of up to 15 years. (Yemen: 32 Convicted of Membership in "al-Qaeda" and of Planning Attacks Against Oil and Gas Installations, ASHARQ ALAWSAT, Nov. 8, 2007.)

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