From Christian Science Monitor:
The country wants to offer 'retraining' for returning Guantánamo detainees. It also hopes to boost dialogue with religious leaders. Human rights groups are skeptical.
Sanaa, Yemen - Seven years after Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared his country an ally in the US war on terror, two models of religious dialogue – one grass-roots and the other authorized at the highest echelons of Yemen's government – are combating the rise of radicalism, though with varying degrees of success.
"We make sure [convicted terrorists] know the dangers involved in terrorism, their misunderstanding of Islamic teachings in regards to terrorism and the killing of innocents," says Minister of Foreign Affairs Abubaker Al-Qirbi in an interview.
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My Comment: This news contradicts recent intelligence news reports that Al Qaeda elements are fleeing Pakistan for the "safety" of Yemen.
I am skeptical of the central government's chances for success. They have little if any control in the frontier regions of the country, and their own security forces have been implicated in a string of Al Qaeda prisoner escapes. Their lack of assistance during the Cole Bombing investigation is also a sore point.
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