February 05, 2006

USS Cole Bombing Mastermind Escapes

Jamal Ahmed BadawiJamal Ahmed Badawi, mastermind of the USS Cole bombing, has escaped from a Yemeni prison.

Interpol said it issued an “Orange Notice,” because he represents a “clear and present danger to all countries.”

Interpol—The escape from a Yemen prison took place on Friday and involved a 140-metre long tunnel dug by the prisoners and co-conspirators outside. Yemeni officials have confirmed to Interpol that that the escapees included Jamal Ahmed Badawi mastermind of the bomb attack on the navy ship USS Cole in 2000, and Fawaz Yahya Al-Rabeei, one of those responsible for attacking the French tanker Limburg in 2002. ...

Cross-posted at OpinionBug.com

Update (2/7/2006): Interpol issued a Blue Notice today for Jamal Ahmed Badawi and 22 others that escaped from a Yemeni prison Friday.

Interpol said that Badawi is already the subject of a Red Notice by request of the United States.

Interpol's International Notice System

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1 Hopefully now that he's on the loose, a visit from a Predator UAV won't be far behind.

Posted by: Graeme at February 05, 2006 11:46 AM (Zw9lE)

2 Dead men never escape from prisons.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at February 05, 2006 11:58 AM (RHG+K)

3 Interesting place - this Yemen.

Posted by: hondo at February 05, 2006 12:56 PM (3aakz)

4 Interpol has now upgraded them to "red" alert. The things that surprised me the most were that they even found it necessary to dig a tunel and that they remained in jail for as long as they did. Incidentally theat tunnel ended inside a mosque. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/05/AR2006020500392.html

Posted by: john ryan at February 05, 2006 01:24 PM (TcoRJ)

5 If only he were an unwanted fetus in America. He would have been killed the day he was taken into custody.

Posted by: Ariya at February 05, 2006 01:57 PM (uxW3N)

6 A mosque. You say the tunnel ends in a mosque! A place of worship for the ROP. Surely you jest!

Posted by: jesusland joe at February 05, 2006 02:09 PM (rUyw4)

7 Did the Mosque have NYT emblazoned on the front?

Posted by: forest hunter at February 05, 2006 05:32 PM (Fq6zR)

8 Did France surrender yet?

Posted by: jonny at February 05, 2006 06:45 PM (nytWC)

9 Didn't suspects from the Cole bombing escape two years ago? I could have swore this happened before.

Posted by: dave at February 05, 2006 06:49 PM (CcXvt)

10 Indeed it did, in 2003 same guy and cohorts escaped from Yemeni prison: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83890,00.html talk about a revolving door policy!

Posted by: dave at February 05, 2006 06:52 PM (CcXvt)

11 I wonder when the suspected editors at NYT and the rest of their ilk, will make their big break? Where will they slither off to?

Posted by: forest hunter at February 05, 2006 06:53 PM (Fq6zR)

12 Bluto, you've got the right idea.

Posted by: docjim505 at February 05, 2006 07:36 PM (sntNU)

13 forest hunter, Philidelphia!

Posted by: jesusland joe at February 05, 2006 10:34 PM (rUyw4)

14 Bluto Straight to the point - no nonsense. Should have been extradited at the least - don't know what's up with that. Anyway - brightside - we know who they are - what the look like - they are now viable targets in need of servicing away from the sanctuary of a Yemen Prison.

Posted by: hondo at February 05, 2006 11:03 PM (3aakz)

15 jesusland joe Is there a Lower Darby in Philly?

Posted by: forest hunter at February 06, 2006 03:51 AM (Fq6zR)

16 How many times can this guy escape from prison? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83890,00.html And no, he wasn't recaptured: 8 of 10 escaped Cole bombing suspects recaptured THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 16, 2004, 2:03 PM EST SAN'A, Yemen – A year after they broke out of jail, eight of 10 suspects in the 2000 bombing of the U.S. destroyer Cole have been recaptured, the government said Tuesday. Interior Minister Rashad al-Eleimi did not say how or when the eight men were captured, but said authorities were closing in on the two still at large. The suspects in the October, 2000 bombing broke out of jail in the southern port city of Aden last year, a major embarrassment to the Yemeni government. The bombing in Aden killed 17 American soldiers and has been blamed on Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network. Yemen has allied itself with the U.S. war on terrorism, allowing American forces to train its military. The country, which long has tolerated Muslim extremists, is the ancestral homeland of bin Laden. According to previous official statements, at least four of the men were caught in a recent crackdown on militants in a southern mountain region that led to the arrest of 28 other suspects. Al-Eleimi did not disclose the identities of those in custody. Officials in southern Abyan region, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the country's most-wanted man, Jamal al-Badawi, is still at large. He was charged in the United States last year with helping carry out the bombing. Al-Eleimi made the comments to the weekly Interior Ministry publication Al-Hares. He said the recapture of the eight suspects was the result of increased cooperation with Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, authorities beefed up security around foreign embassies and government buildings in the capital San'a Tuesday, cordoning off some areas and sending extra security patrols. A Yemeni security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the stepped up security was "pre-emptive." He did not elaborate.

Posted by: Harold Fink at February 14, 2006 02:21 AM (71iiB)

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