Yemeni suspects, alleged members of al-Qaeda, are escorted into a secure van following the first session of their trial at a court in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on October 17. Three years after an earlier campaign was squelched, a suicide attack and the interception of bomb-laden militants show Al-Qaeda appears determined to damage the Saudi government from its base in Yemen, analysts say.
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