by hmm » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:16 am
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020600318.html">www.washingtonpost.com/wp...00318.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Cole Mastermind Escapes From Yemen Prison<br><br>By AHMED AL-HAJ<br>The Associated Press<br>Monday, February 6, 2006; 5:51 AM<br><br>SAN'A, Yemen -- An al-Qaida operative sentenced to death for plotting the USS Cole bombing that killed 17 sailors in 2000 was among a group of convicts who escaped from a Yemen prison last week, Interpol said Sunday in issuing a global security alert.<br>~snip~<br>Yemeni officials said Jamal al-Badawi _ a man convicted of plotting, preparing and helping carry out the Cole bombing _ was among the fugitives, Interpol said.<br>~snip~<br>A Yemeni security official announced the escape of convicted al-Qaida members Friday but did not provide any details or names. The official said only that the escapees had all had been sentenced last year on terrorism-related charges.<br><br>Interpol said in a statement that at least 13 of the 23 escapees were convicted al-Qaida fighters.<br><br>The convicts escaped via a 140-yard-long tunnel "dug by the prisoners and coconspirators outside," Interpol said. The Yemeni official said the prison was at the central headquarters of the country's military intelligence services in a building in the center of the capital.<br><br>Another of the 23 escapees was identified as Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeiee, considered by Interpol to be one of those responsible for a 2002 attack on the French tanker Limburg off Yemen's coast. That attack killed a Bulgarian crew member and spilled 90,000 barrels of oil into the Gulf of Aden.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-03-qaeda-yemen_x.htm">www.usatoday.com/news/wor...emen_x.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Al-Qaeda suspects escape from Yemen prison<br>SANAA, Yemen (AFP) — Twenty-three suspected members of Al-Qaeda escaped from prison <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Friday</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the website of the armed forces' official newspaper reported.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/30/attack/main551641.shtml">www.cbsnews.com/stories/2...1641.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Suspects In USS Cole Bombing Escape<br><br>SAN`A, Yemen, April 11, 2003<br>(AP) Yemeni authorities were hunting for 10 of the main suspects in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole after they escaped from prison <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Friday</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, officials said.<br><br>The fugitives, including chief suspect Jamal al-Badawi, had been jailed in the port city of Aden since shortly after the destroyer was bombed, killing 17 American sailors.<br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>I wonder if this mastermind pops up in the near future..<br>I wonder why he seems to prefer to escape on friday..<br><br>edit: to add name of chief suspect to WP article. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hmm@rigorousintuition>hmm</A> at: 2/6/06 8:20 am<br></i>
