Al Qaida leader's wife gets 20 years in prison

An Iraqi judicial spokesman says a court has sentenced the wife of a slain Al Qaida leader to 20 years in prison for terrorism-related charges. An Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council spokesman on Sunday said Hasna Ali Yahya, the Yemeni wife of Abu Ayoub Al Masri, was convicted last Thursday. Spokesman Abdul Sattar Bayrkdar didn't give details on the charges, but a government official said she was convicted of facilitating correspondence between insurgents and preparing explosive-laden belts. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to release information. She has been in custody since the April 2010 joint US-Iraqi north of Baghdad that killed Al Masri along with another prominent Al Qaida in Iraq militant. Frm gulfnews.