Yemen releases Al Qaida operatives...

[annabanana]

(Are they supposed to be an ally?)

"19 ACQUITTED OF YEMEN TERROR PLOT CHARGES. A Yemeni court acquitted 19 alleged al-Qaida members of charges they plotted to blow up a hotel, citing a lack of evidence. The defendants, 14 from Yemen and five from neighboring Saudi Arabia, were accused of having formed a gang to assassinate Americans and Westerners in Yemen and of having joined the Jihad, or holy war, against the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. Several defendants confessed to having been in Iraq to fight U.S. troops, the judge said, "but this does not violate (Yemeni) law."

(emphasis mine)

http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/stories/ny-world094811731jul09,0,417526.story

[WCGreen]

1. Oh we are winning the hearts and minds of the Middle East...

Now aren't we....

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. USS Cole - Yemenis. African embassies, Sauds and Yemenis.

what more needs to be said? Don't forget the treatment of the FBI investigators on both those countries, too. Stonewall takes on a whole new meaning. Until you look at the Bushistas.

[leveymg]

3. Saves everyone the trouble of escape. eom