Publication Date:
Sun, 2010-12-26 23:48
Yemen Socialist Party leader Mohammed Ghaleb Ahmed is suspected of offering the sum to separatist militants in southern Yemen for “acts of sabotage” against the Gulf Cup, held in late November and early December, the official said.
Yemen had deployed 30,000 troops to maintain calm during the tournament in the south, the site of bloody clashes as the government struggles to subdue separatists and a resurgent regional wing of Al-Qaeda.
The 20th Gulf Cup which hosted teams from Yemen, the Gulf Arab states and Iraq, was seen as a test of Yemen’s ability to ensure security in the volatile south. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia played in the final with the former being crowned champion after a 1-0 defeat in the final match.
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