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Yemen: 'Spy' sentenced to death for Israel contact - Adnkronos Security
Sanaa, 23 March (AKI) - Yemeni Bassal al-Haidari was sentenced to death by the country's special criminal court in Sanaa on Monday after being found guilty of contacting Israel's outgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert and offering to collaborate with Israel. Twenty-six year-old al-Haidari, alias ...
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Yemeni Recieves Death Sentence for Purported Email to Olmert
Armies of Liberation — This would be funny except the guy got a death sentence. Sanaa, 23 March (AKI) - Yemeni Bassal al-Haidari was sentenced to death by the country’s special criminal court in Sanaa on Monday after being found guilty of contacting Israel’s outgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert and offering to collaborate with Israel. Twenty-six year-old al-Haidari, alias Abu al-Ghaith, was accused of communicating with Israeli intelligence and asking for support to launch terror attacks against foreign embassies and Yemeni government buildings.“This is unfair, you have sentenced me without any proof ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/23/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Yemen: ‘Spy’ Sentenced to Death for Israel Contact Sanaa, 23 March (AKI) — Yemeni Bassal al-Haidari was sentenced to death by the country’s special criminal court in Sanaa on Monday after being found guilty of contacting Israel’s outgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert and offering to collaborate with Israel. Twenty-six year-old al-Haidari, alias Abu al-Ghaith, was accused of communicating with Israeli intelligence and asking for support to launch terror attacks against foreign embassies and Yemeni government ...

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