Al Qaeda financier arrested in Yemen,Foreign hostages killed in Yemen

Yemeni authorities have arrested the financier of Al Qaeda operations in the country and in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, an official said Sunday.

"The arrested man is named Hassan Hussein bin Alwan, a Saudi national, and he is the financier for attacks launched by Al Qaeda organisation in Yemen and Saudi Arabia," the unnamed security official said on the defence ministry's website."He is considered one of the most dangerous members of Al Qaeda," he added.In January, the local Al Qaeda branch announced in a video message posted on the internet the merging of the Saudi and Yemeni branches into Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, led by a Yemeni, Nasser al-Wahaishi.Yemen, the ancestral land of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has witnessed a number of attacks claimed by the organisation in recent years against foreign missions, tourist sites and oil installations.The New York Times reported on Friday that dozens of Al Qaeda fighters and some of the extremist group's leaders are shifting to Somalia and Yemen from their haven in Pakistan's tribal areas amid US military pressure.But a Yemeni official on Saturday dismissed the report as "fabrications that are baseless" claiming that Yemen "is not a suitable place for terrorists to use as a safe haven".
- AFP

Foreign hostages killed in Yemen