http://www.almotamar.net صحيفة إلكترونية يومية تصدر عن حزب المؤتمر الشعبي العام (اليمن) http://www.almotamar.net/7172.htm 2010-01-18 Head of the Information Office o the General People’s Congress (GPC) Tareq al-Shamy has clarified that relations of the Yemeni tribes with al-Qaeda are restricted to the fact that some persons from sons of tribes are affiliated to al-Qaeda , whether those who had participated in Afghanistan or from students abroad , who have been recruited by al-Qaeda.