Three al-Qaeda convicts sentenced between 2 to 15 years in jail

SANA'A, March 05 (Saba) - The Specialized Penal Court in the capital Sana'a sentenced on Saturday three al-Qaeda elements to 2 and 15 years in prison.
The three defendants were convicted of committing terrorist attacks on foreign tourists and interests and military facilities in Marib province over the past three years (2008-2010(.
At the hearings, presided over by Judge Ridwan al-Nemr, the court sentenced Ammar Abad Saeed al-Waeli, an al-Qaeda element, to 15 years imprisonment for involvement in forming an armed gang and killing a number of Spanish tourists and their Yemeni guides by a bomb car in Marib province in July 2007.
The court also sentenced Sadam Hussein al-Raymi to three years and Rami Hans Hermel (German nationality) to two years from the date of their arrest. The court ordered them to be put under police surveillance and prevented them from traveling to any province after their release for two years.
The verdict also included the contentment of the jail period of Abdullah Mosaad Abdul-Aziz al-Rawi (Iraqi nationality) and ordered him deported to his country.
The court upheld the release of Badr al-Husseini for lack of evidence.