Sana'a: A Yemeni tribal leader said on Saturday that the Yemeni government knows the whereabouts of Al Qaida suspect who was put on the CIA "kill or capture" list last week.
"We do not know his whereabouts now, but the government knows, and the government can arrest him, and it's responsible for him," said the tribal leader Abu Bakr Bin Fareed, one of the influential tribal leaders of Awlaki tribe in Shabwa.
The tribal leader denied the previous reports about a statement by his tribesmen saying they would retaliate if their son is harmed.
"We did not hold a meeting about Anwar Al Awlaki, and what was reported by media does not represent our tribe," he said over phone from Shabwa.
Abu Bakr, who is a close relative to Anwar, said," The position of our tribe is the same position of the government, we can not let the government down."
Friday, a statement in the name of Al Awlaki tribesmen warned the Yemeni and American governments from targeting their son who was put on the CIA 'kill or capture' list.
They described their fugitive son Anwar Al Awlaki, who is now wanted dead or alive for US, as a hero.
Al Awlaki tribe confirmed in the statement which was sent to media, that they would not leave their son alone, and "whoever would touch a hair of him, he would not escape from our guns and fire, we would not stand watching."
