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Yemen recaptures three al Qaeda fugitives
 Yemeni forces have recaptured three al Qaeda inmates who were part of a group that tunnelled out of jail in the Arab country last month, a government official said on Monday. "Authorities arrested three of the al Qaeda escapees in Sanaa on Sunday," the official told Reuters. He gave no further detail of their identities.Last month, President Ali Abdullah Saleh said three other al Qaeda militants -- part of a group of 23 inmates who broke out of jail -- had surrendered to authorities. Saleh had told al-Hayat newspaper that security forces were also in contact with other fugitives among the group of 23 militants that escaped from a Sanaa jail in February. The fugitives include the leaders of the 2000 bombing of the U.S. warship Cole and the 2002 attack on the French supertanker Limburg as well as a Yemeni-American wanted by the United States. The jailbreak has embarrassed Saleh's government, which is battling Islamist militants, and raised questions about Yemen's security measures among its Western allies. The government has offered a $25,500 reward for information that would lead to the arrest of any of the fugitives. Posted by: Steve 2006-03-06 |
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