Look who the Saudi Puppet government of Yemen brought to the peace talks.

[Jesus Malverde]

A member of the delegation of the Yemeni government in exile Abdel Wahab al-Humayqani (second right) shakes hands with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, as Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassin (left) and the UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed look on, after a meeting in Geneva earlier this week.

US criticizes Yemen government for including al-Qaida financier in delegation to peace talks

The U.S. is criticizing Yemen's government for including an accused al-Qaida financier among its delegation to U.N.-brokered peace negotiations.

The State Department says American officials raised concerns with the U.N.

But it blames the government for Abdel-Wahab Humayqani's participation in talks in Geneva.

The U.S. added him to a terror blacklist in 2013 for financing Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and helping expand its foothold in Yemen. It said then he was "at the center of global support networks that fund and facilitate terrorism" and that he was establishing a political party as cover for AQAP.

http://www.startribune.com/us-blasts-yemen-for-terror-financier-s-role-in-peace-talks/308199721/

In his capacity as the head of a Yemen-based charity, Humayqani has used his status in the charitable community to fundraise and has provided some of that funding to AQAP and has facilitated financial transfers from AQAP supporters in Saudi Arabia to Yemen in support of AQAP operations. As of 2012, Humayqani was an important figure within AQAP and reportedly had a relationship with important AQAP leaders. Humayqani and others in March 2012 reportedly orchestrated an AQAP attack on a Yemeni Republican Guard base in al-Bayda' Governorate, Yemen. The attack employed multiple vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices and killed seven. He is suspected to have recruited individuals to AQAP who were involved in a plot to assassinate Yemeni officials.

Humayqani has provided financial support and other services to AQAP and acted for or on behalf of the group. He has represented AQAP in meetings with Yemeni officials to negotiate the release of Yemeni soldiers held by AQAP and worked with AQAP operatives to coordinate the movement of AQAP fighters within Yemen. Humayqani has directed a group of armed AQAP associates that intended to carry out attacks on Yemeni government facilities and institutions, including a Yemeni government building in al-Bayda Governorate. He has also recruited individuals in Sana, Yemen on behalf of AQAP in support of AQAP efforts in southern Yemen.

Along with the U.S. and UN designated cleric Shaykh Abd al-Majid al-Zindani, he has issued religious guidance in support of AQAP operations. Humayqani and AQAP leadership have planned to establish a new political party in Yemen, which AQAP planned to use as a cover for the recruitment and training of fighters and a means to attract broader support. AQAP leadership decided that Humayani would play a public role as a leader and spokesman for the new political party.

http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl2249.aspx

Sitting there in Geneva with Ban Ki-Moon.