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Yemen says recaptures two main USS Cole suspects
Reuters
| Friday, March 19, 2004
Posted on 03/19/2004 1:48:56 AM PST by JohnHuang2
SANAA, March 19 (Reuters) - Yemen has recaptured two suspected militants thought to be the masterminds behind the 2000 bomb attack that killed 17 sailors aboard the USS Cole in the port of Aden, security sources said on Friday.
Jamal al-Badawi and Fahd al-Qusaa were the last of 10 men rearrested by Yemeni police since escaping from jail in 2003. They are all suspected of links to Osama bin laden's al Qaeda network and most are accused of involvement in the Cole attack.
The sources said Badawi and Qusaa were arrested on Thursday night but declined to give more details. Other men among the 10 were arrested earlier this month in a security sweep in the mountainous Abyan region in south Yemen.
Yemen, the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden, has been battling militants since the September 11, 2001, attacks on U.S. cities focused attention on the impoverished country at the tip of the Arabian peninsula.
In the Cole attack of October 2000, two men on a small craft laden with up to 225 kg (500 lb) of high explosives pulled up to the Cole and rammed their boat into the guided missile destroyer as it was refuelling in Aden port.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: albadawi; alqaeda; alqaedayemen; alqusaa; captured; fahdalqusaa; jamalalbadawi; suspects; usscole; yemen
To: JohnHuang2
Great news.I hope they changed where the keys to the jail were kept.
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posted on
03/19/2004 1:50:15 AM PST
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: MEG33
Bump!
To: JohnHuang2
Now, kill them before they "escape" again..
Semper Fi
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posted on
03/19/2004 2:36:30 AM PST
by
river rat
(Militant Islam is a cult, flirting with extinction)
To: Angelus Errare; Dog; Boot Hill; Cap Huff
It hasn't been a good week for Al Qaeda.
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posted on
03/19/2004 4:50:32 AM PST
by
Coop
("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry)
To: JohnHuang2
Take them back to the Cole and keelhaul them. Make sure there's sharks in the water first.
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posted on
03/19/2004 4:55:17 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(Death before dishonor, open bar after 6:00)
To: river rat
yep!
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posted on
03/19/2004 5:00:10 AM PST
by
rrrod
To: river rat
An excellebt idea!
To: Coop
In all the other excitement I almost missed this. Thanks for the ping.
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posted on
03/19/2004 11:36:34 AM PST
by
Cap Huff
To: Cap Huff
Yeah, nothing "maybe" about this one.
10
posted on
03/19/2004 11:39:30 AM PST
by
Coop
("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry)
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