Al Qaeda Militants Among 23 Jail Escapees
Thirteen Al Qaeda militants convicted in the attacks in Yemen on the U.S. Navy destroyer Cole and the French supertanker Limburg were among 23 men who broke out of jail in Sana, the capital, a state-run website said.
The website quoted unnamed sources saying the 13 convicts included top militants Jamal Badawi and Fawaz Rabeie, who managed to flee the prison by digging a 220-foot tunnel.
Rabeie, the leader of the group convicted of bombing the Limburg in 2002, was facing the death penalty. Badawi was serving 15 years in prison for the bombing of the Cole in 2000.
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