Word: yemenis
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...Jandal had been in a Yemeni prison for nearly a year when Ali Soufan of the FBI and Robert McFadden of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service arrived to interrogate him in the week after 9/11. Although there was already evidence that al-Qaeda was behind the attacks, American authorities needed conclusive proof, not least to satisfy skeptics like Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, whose support was essential for any action against the terrorist organization. U.S. intelligence agencies also needed a better understanding of al-Qaeda's structure and leadership. Abu Jandal was the perfect source: the Yemeni who grew...
...took more questioning, and some interrogators' sleight of hand, before the Yemeni gave up a wealth of information about al-Qaeda - including the identities of seven of the 9/11 bombers - but the cookies were the turning point. "After that, he could no longer think of us as evil Americans," Soufan says. "Now he was thinking of us as human beings...
...ships to safety, including non-Indian-flagged vessels, but it accidentally shot down a hijacked Thai trawler that it mistook for a pirate mother ship. The INS Tabar was replaced by the INS Mysore, which went on to repulse two pirate attacks and arrest 23 suspected pirates, including 11 Yemenis, who were handed over to Yemeni authorities. (See the top 10 audacious acts of piracy...
...longer think about marriage.' NUJOOD ALI, a 10-year-old girl who became the world's youngest divorcée in April 2008 when a Yemeni court granted her permission to leave her middle-aged husband...
...Western military deployments are certainly having an impact in the area. Last weekend British marines attacked a Yemeni-flagged fishing vessel that had unsuccessfully attacked a Danish container ship. Eight pirates were arrested and turned over to the Kenyan authorities in what Britain's Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth said was a "strong message to pirates that their activities are unacceptable and that the global community is united in its efforts to deter and disrupt them...