Al-Moayad flies to Jordan for treatment

SANA'A, Aug 18 (Saba) - Sheikh Mohammed
Hussein al-Moayad, freed from a US prison early this month, flew on Tuesday for
Jordan for
treatment.
Most diseases he is suffering from he said caught while detained in the US.
Earlier President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered al-Moayad to Jordan for treatment.
Al-Moayad was released along with his personal assistant Zayed early this month
under a deal that came after the two confessed to some charges brought against them
by the
United States including providing financial assistance for the Palestinian Hamas
Movement.
They arrived in homeland last Tuesday. Crowds welcomed them back at the Sana'a
International Airport.
The two were arrested in Germany and extradited to the United States in 2003.
In 2005, a US court sentenced the two to 75 and 45 years in prison respectively.
In 2008, convictions were reversed for the two with the US saying they would be
retried in 2009. al-Moayad and Zayed faced terrorism charges including providing
material
support for organizations designated by the United States as terrorist.
Al-Moayad's health deteriorated while in prison and he underwent some surgeries
treating liver illness.
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