After Yemen released Mohammed Mustafa Kamil, Abu al-Hamza's son, a British national, on Saturday, it again requested extradition of Abu al-Hamza. Abu al-Hamza is wanted by the Yemeni government, which accuses him of being the mastermind of terrorist acts in the country. His son, along with other six Britons, were tried by a Yemeni court in the beginning of 1999 on charge of forming a gang to carry out terrorist acts against establishments in Aden.
They were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment. Sources said he was released from al-Mansoura jail under strict security measures. Mohammed Mustafa Kamil was wearing attire and when asked about the reason he answered it was the genuine Islamic clothing. He was transferred from Aden Airport on board of a plane to Sana'a Airport and then to London.
The sources said the government of Yemen had officially requested the UK government again to extradite Abu al-Hamza to be tried before a Yemeni court.
The British government response last time was that it could not extradite a British citizen to Yemen for there was no agreement between the two countries concerning the extradition of criminals. Yemen previously said it would extradite the British prisoners to complete their terms in jail in Britain if Abu al-Hamza was handed over to Yemen. But again this suggestion did not go through.
Yemen put the possibility that he could be tried before a British court.
However, UK ambassador to Yemen Frances Guy told the YT previously that there was no enough evidence that he had links to terrorist acts in Yemen and that he could not be arrested by police there or appear before court.
UK government appealed officially to Yemen to issue amnesty for British prisoners in Aden. But it didn't respond to that request.
It seems that Abu al-Hamza will remain a pain in the neck of the two countries' relations.

A Yemeni official source told YT that a general amnesty was likely to be issued on the Yemeni Socialist Party's leaders who were convicted with different charges after the 1994 civil war except four persons.
The source said the 16 persons who were tried and prosecuted in absentia can go back home, make use of the general amnesty communique that president Saleh made after the civil war except Ali Salem al-Beidh, former vice president, Haider al-Attas, former PM, Haitham Qasem Taher, former Minister of Defense and Saleh Ubaid Ahmed, all were sentenced to death on charge of being accountable for the outbreak of the civil war. The other 12 persons who were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment can be back home. This is a good step on the way to close the file of the civil war and the question of the south and north. The Yemeni leadership has been announcing that all participants in the war on the side of the YSP can come back home except for those who were prosecuted. But now the number is being downsized to four and it might in the future go to zero. Mr. Annis Hassan Yahya who was sentenced to suspended ten years in jail has expressed his willingness to go back from his exile in the UAE. These developments have come out after the return of Mr. Salem Saleh Mohammed, former presidency member to Yemen after seven years in exile. It has been reported that he himself is now exerting efforts to convince his companions to come back home.
Around 17 military officials with their families are likely to fly back home very soon. Official sources said president Saleh had given his orders to arrange for their return from Syria.

Yemeni official sources said Yemen officially requested the USA to accept Yemen's participation in interrogating Yemeni detainees in Afghanistan who were arrested by the US forces there.
The sources said Yemen's request aimed to collect more information about the USS Cole suicide bombing to be used in the investigation being carried out and to close the file of the incident as soon as possible.
A Yemeni team of investigation was likely to fly to Pakistan to take part in the interrogation of the Yemeni prisoners. But due to their transfer to Kandahar and to the US military base in Guantanamo; the flight was called off.
Reliable sources said the number of Yemeni prisoners at the Guantanamo base rose up to 21.
The Yemeni government is still making contacts with the USA and the Red Cross organization so that the Yemeni ambassador in Cuba is allowed to visit the prisoners and know about their condition.
The Yemeni ambassador in the USA Mr. Abdulwahab al-Hajri is still following up the Yemeni request to obtain approval of the US administration, which has not yet responded in any way.
On the other hand, the commander of the Special Task Forces at the US Central Command is likely to arrive in Yemen in a few days to conduct training of the Yemeni Special Tasks Forces so as to be able to crack down on terrorism and tribal kidnappings of foreigners.
He will be accompanied by 12 military experts who are to carry out the training of the Yemeni Special Tasks Forces. The Yemeni Special Tasks Forces will also be provided with military devices that will help them in their task like airplanes, which have been used in Afghanistan.

A Yemeni official in Sa'adah denied any connection between the explosion of last Tuesday and the presence of the US Ambassador's Assistant Mr. Brad Hanson who was on a visit to the area at that time. The Governor of Sa'adah, Yahya al-Amri said the explosion, resulting from planted T.N.T, did not take place 100 meters away from Rahban Hotel where Mr. Hanson was staying. Rather, he said it was 1 km far from the hotel and having criminal motives due to tribal dispute. The explosion did not cause any casualties. Mr. Hanson was on a visit to Sa'adah to hold talks with officials and Shiekhs so as to know what development projects can be done there. The US said previously it would support Yemen to push forward development in the remote and tribal areas, which are lawless, and where kidnapping of foreigners take place.

The security authorities in Sa'adah detained Abu Abdirahman Khaleefa, a Kuwaiti national, on January 17, 2002. The detainee was on a visit to Dar Al-Hadeeth Institute in Sa'adah. Two other Yemenis who were accompanying him were also detained. Investigations were underway by the authorities, which believe that he belongs to the Islamic Jihad Movement led by Osama bin Laden.
The detainee spent a year and two months in Dar Al-Hadeeth Center in Damaj until the end of 2000.