Yemeni police have detained two al Qaeda suspects, including one accused of involvement in an attack on the U.S. warship Cole who had escaped from jail earlier this year, a security official said on Tuesday. The official said security forces were still looking for eight other al Qaeda suspects who broke out with the two men from a prison in the southern port city of Aden in April. He declined to say whether Jamal al-Badawi, a chief suspect in the October 2000 attack, was one of the two men detained.
"I can say no more."
Yemeni officials had promised a "generous reward" for information leading to the arrest of the 10. |