Monday, May 12, 2008

Yemen Sentences 4 Rebels to Death

Yet, all of the USS Cole bombers are walking free in Yemen. Some ally. Reuters


SANAA (Reuters) - Four Shi'ite rebels were sentenced to death on Monday after a Yemeni court convicted them of killing two soldiers, a court source said.

Three of the rebels were sentenced in their absence, the source told Reuters.

The rebels killed the soldiers when they ambushed an army patrol in 2007.

Fighting in the northern province of Saada between rebels led by Abdul Malik al-Houthi and the army has flared intermittently since 2004. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands have fled their homes.

Yemeni officials say the rebels, who belong to the Zaydi sect of Shi'ite Islam, want to return to a form of clerical rule prevalent until the 1960s.

The rebels, who want Zaydi schools and oppose the government's alliance with the United States
LOL, yeeaaaaaah right
, say they are defending their villages against what they call government aggression.

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