http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Specialized Penal court continues prosecution of suspected al-Qaeda members [The Source: www.almotamar.net - 24/10/2009] The Specialized Criminal Court I Yemen has held on Saturday its second sitting for the prosecution of seven persons accused of being affiliated to al-Qaeda organisation. The Prosecution presented confessions of the first defendant Hussein Nasser al-Marwali and the second defendant Mohammed Qassim Ali Qassim al-Ghuli, included in the prosecution investigations. Confessions of the defendants in minutes of investigations by the prosecution included targeting of foreign tourists who were in a restaurant in the capital Sana'a by preparing a projectile in one of the capital's streets to be fired on a bus carrying the tourists after they have finished having their meal. In the court session held under chairmanship of Judge Muhsin Alwan the defendants' lawyer Sadiq Mansar asked the court to photocopy the case file to be able to present his defense. When asked by the court about their confessions, the first defendant denied his saying but the second defendant admitted before the court that the words were his and were true. The court decided to postpone the trial until the 1st of November 2009 and to provide the defense lawyer with a photocopy of the case file and to face the third defendant with his confession in evidence and prosecution minutes