The Independent
June 22, 2011
At least 40 al-Qa’ida prisoners escaped from jail in Yemen today.
In a carefully organised operation, the militants attacked their guards and seized their weapons just as bands of heavily armed attackers descended on the prison in Mukalla on the Arabian Sea.
The escapees included militants convicted on terror charges or held in protective custody pending trial.
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The last major jail breakout by al Qaida in Yemen was in 2006, when 23 escaped in Sanaa, among them Qassim al-Raimi, who has become the dominant figure in al Qaida’s most active franchise.
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