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Yemen says Qaeda arms smuggling ring busted Published: Monday, 30 October, 2006, 12:51 PM Doha Time Yemen says Qaeda arms smuggling ring bustedSANAA: Yemeni security forces have arrested eight foreigners with suspected links to Al Qaeda who were smuggling weapons from Yemen to Somalia, a senior interior ministry official said yesterday. The state-run September 26 website (www.26sep.net) said the group comprised three Australians, one Dane, one Briton, one German, one Somali and one European whose nationality was not disclosed. Earlier the official news agency Saba, quoting an interior ministry official, said four of the suspects were Australian. "The eight foreigners were arrested because they smuggled weapons to Somalia from Yemen," Saba reported. "Preliminary investigations indicate that they are members of Al Qaeda." Government sources in the Yemeni capital said that all eight had converted to Islam earlier this year and received religious instruction in Yemen. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it had been informed by Yemen that three Australians had been detained. "They have confirmed that they arrested three Australians, but at this stage have not provided any further information," spokesman Scott Bolitho said. "Our embassy in Riyadh is seeking access to those detained, with assistance from the British Commission in Yemen." Last month, Yemen said it had broken up an Al Qaeda-linked cell that was behind foiled attacks on oil and gas installations. Yemen, a minor oil producer, is the ancestral home of the family of Al Qaeda's Saudi-born leader Osama bin Laden. Attacks in Yemen, which has been battling militancy for years, include the suicide bombing in 2000 of the US warship Cole, which killed 17 US sailors, and the bombing of the French oil supertanker Limburg off the coast in 2002, for which Al Qaeda claimed responsibility. -- Reuters -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
