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USS Cole attack mastermind escapes prison
Interpol issues 'urgent global security alert' after tunnel escape in Yemen

The Associated Press
Updated: 10:08 a.m. ET Feb. 5, 2006

LYON, France - A man considered a mastermind of the USS Cole bombing that
killed 17 sailors in a Yemeni port in 2000 was among 23 people who escaped
from a Yemen prison last week, Interpol said Sunday.

The international police agency issued an "urgent global security alert" for
those who escaped Friday from the prison via a tunnel. It called the
escapees "dangerous individuals."

A Yemen security official announced the escape of convicted al-Qaida members
Friday but did not provide details.

Interpol said in a statement that at least 13 of the 23 escapees were
convicted al-Qaida fighters, who escaped via a 140-yard-long tunnel "dug by
the prisoners and co-conspirators outside."

Yemeni officials confirmed to Interpol that a man considered a mastermind of
the Cole attack, identified as Jamal al-Badawi, was among those who escaped.

Al-Badawi was among those sentenced to death in September 2004 for plotting
the USS Cole attack. Two suicide bombers blew up an explosives-laden boat
next to the destroyer as it refueled in the Yemeni port of Aden on Oct. 12,
2000.

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.

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