January 8, 2008 – Chairman of the National Committee for Defending Al-Moayad and Zayed , Hamoud al-Dharihi, said that the US Ambassador's statements regarding Sheikh Mohammad al-Moayad and Mohammad Zayed would deepen Yemenis' hatred against America.
Al-Dharihi explained that all Yemeni people agree that al-Moayad and Zayed are innocent.
He stressed that support of the Palestinian people is not a crime in the Arab and Islamic people and that al-Moayad was a victim of US arrogance.
"Yemenis will only rest when they see al-Moayad and Zayed released" added al-Dharihi .
The US ambassador to Yemen, Stephen Seche, had issued statements which aroused widespread resentments in the popular and official circles of Yemen.
He had said, in a press conference, arranged by the Women journalists Forum that sheikh al-Moayad funded Hamas movement, the US administration accused him of conspiring to support al-Qaeda and that he is currently punished on his acts | 
