Yemen says key al Qaeda escapee back in jail

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Yemen says key al Qaeda escapee back in jail
24 May 2007 12:53:25 GMT
Source: Reuters

SANAA, May 24 (Reuters) - A Yemeni-American al Qaeda militant,
thought to be a key figure in the fatal bombing of the U.S. warship
Cole in 2000, is back behind bars after a mass jail breakout last
year, Yemen's interior minister said.

Jaber Elbaneh, a key al Qaeda leader, was one of the 23 inmates
who tunnelled out of jail in the capital, Sanaa in February 2006,
Rshad al-Alimi told reporters on Thursday.

He said the inmate gave himself up two days ago.

Yemen says Elbaneh was also one of the masterminds of the 2002
attack on the French supertanker Limburg. He was linked to the
"Lackawanna Six" and wanted by the FBI.

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