Al-Qaeda financer suspect arrested in Yemen
The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 16/10/2010
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Security services have arrested a man accused of financing al-Qaeda in Yemen, Interior Ministry said on Saturday. The man is a Yemeni expatriate called Saleh al-Raimi, 33, lives permanently in Saudi Arabia, and was captured on Friday in Sana'a International Airport coming from Saudi Arabia.The ministry said the arrestee's name was in the blacklist and wanted for financing al-Qaeda terrorist acts in Yemen.The security services at Sana'a International Airport arrested on Thursday Khaled al-Obeidi, a Yemeni citizen, accused of kidnapping a Japanese engineer in Sana'a in 2009.Al-Obeidi has been arrested after his arrival at the airport Thursday coming from the Egyptian capital Cairo.In November 2009, Yemeni tribesmen kidnapped the Japanese engineer near the capital Sana'a and demanded the release of jailed relatives.The Japanese engineer was released unharmed few days after local tribal leaders negotiated with his abductors.Yemen's security services have captured about 160 men accused of kidnapping foreigners and Yemenis during the last few years.
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