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Abu Hamza and the Islamic Army

   

The Abyan kidnap trial: evidence 
February 6, 1999

 

The three accused who appeared at the first hearing on January 13 were joined by two more, Abdullah Muhsin Salih al-Junaidi ("Abu Hadhifa") and Hussein Muhammad Salih ("Abu Huraira"), a Tunisian.

Judge Najib al-Qadiri warned the defendant Abu al-Hassan more than once about speaking without permission of the court, and threatened to have him removed.

Abdullah Muhsin Salih al-Junaidi ("Abu Hadhifa")

Junaidi admitted kidnapping the foreigners tourists but denied killing them, saying that he was not carrying a weapon, and if he had been, if would have been to fight the security forces.

He told the court: "I took part in the kidnapping when Abu al-Hassan came to me and asked me to participate. We held up the hostages in the area (Lahmar) the we took them and handed them over to the commander, Abu al-Hassan, who had the right of disposal."

He could not say precisely when he joined the Islamic Army; when he met one of the commanders of Jihad [indicating Abu al-Hassan] he could not refuse.

Hussein Muhammad Salih ("Abu Huraira")

Abu Huraira told the court: "I was not a participant in the kidnapping, either in thought or deed."

His role was as a translator. He had not known about the plan until the morning of the kidnapping. He had not carried any weapons.

More details available shortly. A full report of the day's hearing was published in Arabic in al-Ayyam newspaper, issue 538, 8 February, 1999 (page 5).

     

THE STORY

 

DAY BY DAY

A chronology

THE ADEN "BOMB PLOT"  

Introduction

What the police say they found

The accused

Statements attributed to the defendants

The verdicts  

British reactions 

THE ABYAN KIDNAPPING

Introduction

Who were the kidnappers?

The trial so far

The trial: basic facts

Statements attributed to defendants

Evidence: February 6

Witnesses: four Yemeni drivers

Witnesses: a soldier and a sheikh

 

THE PEOPLE

 

ABU HAMZA

ABU AL-HASSAN

The kidnappers

The bomb suspects

SOS newsletters
October/November, 1998

SOS communiqué
11 October, 1998 (Arabic)

SOS communiq
30 December, 1998 (Arabic)

SOS communiq
20 January, 1990 (English)

 

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