http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=64565&d=30&m=5&y=2005
Monday, 30, May, 2005 (21, Rabi` al-Thani, 1426)
Yemen Preacher Gets Death for Spying, Supporting Rebellion
Khaled Al-Mahdi, Arab News
Yahya Hussein Al-Dailami
SANAA, 30 May 2005 - A Yemeni security court yesterday sentenced a mosque
preacher to death and jailed another for eight years for spying and supporting
a rebellion last year.
The court handed the death sentence to Yahya Hussein Al-Dailami and
sentenced Muhammad Ahmad Muftah to eight years in prison for "having contacts
with the state of Iran with the aim of harming the diplomatic and political
position of Yemen".
Both men were accused of supporting a rebellion led by radical Shiite
leader Hussein Badruddin Al-Houthi. The two men conspired to overthrow the
country's republican system and established the Sanaa Youth organization to
carry out their plot, presiding judge Najeeb Al-Qaderi said.
He said Al-Dailami had maintained contacts with the Iranian ambassador to
Yemen and asked him to offer support to his group.
Dailami also "traveled to Iran and made contact with the Iranian state
seeking support for an Islamic revolution in Yemen," Al-Qaderi said.
On Oct. 3, the same court sentenced a judge to 10 years in jail after
finding him guilty of backing Al-Houthi.
On May 14, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh announced a general
amnesty for rebels who were involved in two waves of bloody fighting with
government forces in northern Yemen. Authorities announced in mid-April that
the army had completed an offensive against Al-Houthi's followers after
capturing their strongholds in Saada.
Some 525 troops and hundreds of rebels were killed in fierce fighting
that broke out on March 28 in the mountainous areas of Saada, 250 km from
Sanaa, officials said.
The battles followed another revolt led by Al-Houthi's son, Hussein, who
was killed by the army last September after leading a nearly three-month
rebellion that left more than 400 insurgents and troops killed.
Al-Houthi, 81, and a handful of his aides are still on the run since his
revolt was crushed last month.
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