Uss Cole Plotter Among 23 Escapees; Interpol Says That at Least 13 of the Escapees Are Convicted Al-Qaida Terrorists

Summary

---

SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - 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.

Officials set up checkpoints around the capital of San'a, where the prison was located, to try to catch the escapees before they could flee to the protection of mountain tribes, according to a Yemeni security official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Uss Cole Plotter Among 23 Escapees; Interpol Says That at Least 13 of the Escapees Are Convicted Al-Qaida Terrorists

Some mountainous tribal areas are essentially outside the control of Yemen's central government, raising fears the...

See the full content of this document

---