http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Tarim Cell: Court sentences six defendants to death, ten to jail terms [The Source: al-motamar.net - 13/07/2009] The Specialized Penal Court in Sana'a on Monday, presided over by the judge Mohsen Alwan, sentenced six defendants to death and another 10 to 8-15 jail terms including four Syrians and a Saudi The 16 al-Qaeda suspects - 11 Yemenis, four Syrians and a Yemeni with Saudi nationality – were comprised a cell belonging to al-Qaeda known Tarim terrorist cell.The six al-Qaeda suspects Rawi al-Saiari, Haitham Saeed Mubarak, Khalid Ba-Tais, Sultan al-Saiari, Ali Mohsen al-Akbari and Saeed Sanker were sentenced to death.While three Syrians Mohammed al-Wahaibi, Mahmoud Darwish, Mohammed Khalil al-Shatti and a Saudi Abdullah Ba-Wazir and a Yemeni Mohammed Ba-Awaidhan, were given prison term to 15 years.Three others including the Syrian Adnan Khalil al-Shatti, Jamal Jaber and Ahmed Ba-Ghazwan get 12 years in prison.The defendant Husam al-Amoudi received 10 years in prison, while Musaad Mansour al-Nahdi get 8 years in prison.The court had began first trial with the suspects on March 11 for their involvement in several attacks targeting local and foreign nationals and interests as well as oil facilities in Ha’dramawt, Aden and the capital ‘San’aa.The group was implicated in several terrorist operations in Yemen of such carrying out failed attacks on the US embassy and residential complex housing foreigners.The group was also charged with carrying out an attack on Belgian tourists in Dawan district of Hadhramout province in January 18, 2008, in which two Belgian tourists and a Yemeni were killed in addition to wounding two Yemenis and one Belgian.The group also claimed for suicide attack on military camp in Seiyoun in July 25, 2008, in which one soldier and the bomber were killed and 17 others including 7 women were wounded and also the attacks on several security checkpoints in Hadhramout..The group was also charged with carrying out a mortar attack in March, 2008 that targeted the US embassy in Sana'a but missed and instead hit an adjacent school, injuring three police officers and four girls. The group was also behind the attacks on the oil refinery in the city of al-buraiqa, in Aden, and on the Chinese oil company in Al-Khasa'a district and on the custom authority in Sana'a in April 30, 2008.