Contrast this sentence of death by a Yemeni court of an al Qaeda jihadist to the sentence of "rehabilitation" by Saudi courts a few years ago and you can see where the war on terror has evolved to in a relatively short time.
From the article at Breitbart:
If you recall, when the Iraq War had made the turn towards an American victory, al Qaeda's Ayman al Zawahiri called for a jihad of its fighters on Yemen and called for them all to descend on Yemen. Well, I'd say at some point we're going to hear from al Zawahiri again on this...if he's still alive (which I'm starting to doubt).
From the article at Breitbart:
A court in Yemen has sentenced an al-Qaida militant to death after convicting him of involvement in terror attacks and manufacturing explosives.Now, there are some of us who are a bit skeptical and will probably only believe this sentence when we see the end result, but what should be interesting should be the reaction of al Qaeda to this announcement. It's my guess that al Qaeda leadership will try to make this dude the martyr of all martyrs and try to increase the flow of jihadis to Yemen over it.
Saleh al-Shawish was arrested in February and later charged with involvement in attacks on security facilities, training would-be suicide bombers and bomb making.
After hearing Monday's verdict, al-Shawish vowed that al-Qaida will exact revenge on Yemen's government.
If you recall, when the Iraq War had made the turn towards an American victory, al Qaeda's Ayman al Zawahiri called for a jihad of its fighters on Yemen and called for them all to descend on Yemen. Well, I'd say at some point we're going to hear from al Zawahiri again on this...if he's still alive (which I'm starting to doubt).
Yemen sentences al-Qaida militant to death
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - A court in Yemen has sentenced an al-Qaida militant to death after convicting him of involvement in terror attacks and manufacturing explosives.
Saleh al-Shawish was arrested in February and later charged with involvement in attacks on security facilities, training would-be suicide bombers and bomb making.
After hearing Monday's verdict, al-Shawish vowed that al-Qaida will exact revenge on Yemen's government.
Yemen is struggling to contain al-Qaida militants who have recently expanded their operations from the capital San'a and areas on the border with Saudi Arabia to the country's rebellious southern provinces.
Its fighters have recently turned to drive-by shootings to kill top Yemeni intelligence and counterterrorism officials.
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