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Yemen claims to have thwarted al-Qaeda escape attempts
Yemeni security officials yesterday said that authorities thwarted two prison escape attempts by al-Qaida suspects in two different prisons.The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said the foiled escape attempts were stopped over the past two days and took place in cities outside the capital San`a. They said 10 al-Qaida suspects were planning to escape from the first prison and another two, senior al-Qaida suspects, tried to escape from the second. They did not identify the prisoners or provide further details, except to say that an investigation was launched into the attempts. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-03-02 |
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