Alert for al-Qaeda militants who tunnelled out of prison
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06 February 2006 11:13
Interpol was on worldwide alert on Sunday after 13 al-Qaeda militants
convicted of attacking the American warship USS Cole and French supertanker
Limburg escaped from jail in Yemen along with 10 other prisoners, according
to a government-run website.
In an exploit reminiscent of a World War II prison camp film, they got away
though a 70m tunnel from their jail at intelligence headquarters in the
capital, Sana'a, to a mosque nearby. It is unclear whether the tunnel was
dug from inside the prison or the mosque.
The escape, on Friday, was reported by 26sep.net, a website of the Yemeni
armed forces newspaper. The most important escapee was Jamal al-Badawi,
regarded as a ringleader in the attack on USS Cole. Seventeen US sailors
died as two suicide bombers sailed alongside the warship as it refuelled in
Aden harbour in 2000. Badawi was sentenced to death, but on appeal his
sentence was reduced to 15 years in jail. This is his second jailbreak. In
2003, while awaiting trial, he broke out of a prison along with nine other
al-Qaeda suspects -- by making a hole in a prison wall -- but was
recaptured. There were suggestions officials had been complicit.
Four other men serving jail terms of up to 10 years for the USS Cole attack
also got away in the latest breakout, according to the website. Another
important escapee is Fawaz al-Rabe'ie, regarded as ringleader in the Limburg
bombing, who is under sentence of death.
The French tanker was attacked by an in the Gulf of Aden in October 2002.
One Bulgarian member of the Limburg 's crew died in the blast, which started
a blaze aboard the tanker and spilled 90 000 barrels of oil. Yemeni
officials quoted by the al-Jazeera television station said a huge hunt for
the fugitives was under way. News of the escape came as 14 Yemeni men went
on trial at a state court accused of attempting to kidnap Americans to
negotiate the release of prisoners.
"The 14 ... had plotted to form an armed gang to kidnap American citizens in
Yemen as well as planning to [attack] military and security forces," the
public prosecutor told the court. He said authorities found explosive
materials with the group. The men denied the charges and said they had been
planning to travel to fight in Iraq. - Guardian Unlimited C Guardian
Newspapers Limited 2005
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