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"Al-Qaida terrorists
escape from prison

Global alert issued for Islamic extremists including mastermind of USS Cole attack
Source WorldNetDaily.com

A worldwide alert has been issued by Interpol for 23 prisoners, including 13 convicted al-Qaida members, who escaped from jail in Yemen, constituting "a clear and present danger to all countries."

Among those being sought is Jamal Ahmed Badawi, the mastermind of the attack on the Navy ship USS Cole in 2000. Badawi had originally been sentenced to death for his role in the attack on the U.S. warship that killed 17 American sailors, but his sentence was later commuted to 15 years in prison. Also on the loose is Fawaz Yahya Al-Rabeei, one of those responsible for attacking the French tanker Limburg in 2002.

The world's largest international police organization says the escape from a Yemen prison took place on Friday and involved a 140-meter tunnel dug by the prisoners and co-conspirators outside." .....

...." According to Reuters, the tunnel was believed to have been dug from a mosque to the prison.

"The tunnel entry was in the women's section of the mosque, less frequented than the male section because women mainly pray at home," Reuters reported. "

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