http://www.english.hadhramaut.info President receives phone call from FBI director over al-Moayad's release [The Source: sabanews.net - 10/08/2009] President Ali Abdullah Saleh received on Monday a phone call from director of Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Director Robert Mueller who informed president Saleh that United States responded to president's efforts to release Sheikh Mohammed al-Moayad and his assistant Mohammed Zayed.
He appreciated concern of president Saleh toward this case, saying that this concern was a key reason to set the two men free.For his part, president Saleh expressed thank-you for the US government and the FBI for the cooperation and response to his efforts which resulted in releasing the two Yemenis.Official spokesman for Yemen's embassy in Washington Mohammed al-Basha announced on Sunday that Sheikh Mohammed Ali al-Moayad, 60, and his companion Mohammed Zayed, 35, are to arrive in Yemen on Tuesday.The American judiciary authorities decided last Friday to release Al-Moayad and Zayed after striking a deal, under which the two men confess to some charges and the court commute their sentences to five years since the date of arrest