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To: FJB who wrote (1171)	9/20/2006 5:04:32 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Yemen nabs ‘terrorist’ linked to presidential candidate AFP & The Peninsula Qatar ^ \| Sept 20, 2006 thepeninsulaqatar.com Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, facing the most serious challenge to his 28-year rule, announced yesterday the arrest of a "terrorist" – allegedly linked to his main election rival and to Osama bin Laden – accused of plotting attacks against US interests. "We have arrested a major terrorist who was planning operations against American installations and the Movenpick hotel," Saleh said at a press conference on the eve of a presidential election marked by persistent Islamist and tribal unrest in the Middle East's poorest country. He said the suspect was a bodygard for Faisal bin Shamlan, a former oil minister who is his main challenger in today's five-way presidential race, only the second such election since north and south Yemen unified in 1990. Saleh's private secretary Abdo Burji said the suspect, Hussein Al Jerdani, was arrested on Sunday and had close links with the Al Qaeda terror chief, whose ancestral homeland is Yemen. "He was a companion of Osama bin Laden and is the owner of a house rented to a cell which recently tried to launch attacks against oil installations in Yemen," Burji added. Four bombers and a security guard were killed on Friday when Yemeni security forces foiled twin suicide bombings against an oil refinery and a Canadian-run terminal. But Mohammad Qahtan, spokesman for the Common Forum, the opposition umbrella group backing bin Shamlan, said Jerdani had worked as a bodyguard for just seven days. He said he was let go at the end of August because of suspicions that he was an agent with links with state security forces. "The case is a state security matter and should not be mixed up with the political process or an election campaign," he said. Nearly 90,000 police and troops are to deploy for today's presidential and municipal elections in Yemen, where security remains key after deadly Al Qaeda attacks on the American destroyer USS Cole and the French oil tanker Limburg. With scores already dead during the campaign, most killed in stampedes during Saleh campaign rallies, and four French hostages still in the hands of tribal kidnappers, the authorities are taking no chances. Saleh said he was confident that the four Frenchmen-seized on September 10 by tribesmen demanding the release of relatives – would be freed soon. "They will come out today or tomorrow," he said, before clarifying that it might not be until the end of the week. The government also announced Saturday the arrest of four Yemenis linked to Al Qaeda who it said were planning attacks. Bin Laden's right-hand man Ayman Al Zawahiri had warned that the Gulf and Israel would be Al Qaeda's next targets, in a video message coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States. Since then, Sanaa has worked with Washington to clamp down on suspected Al Qaeda sympathisers.