 The U.S. intelligence community has determined that an Al Qaida jail break from Yemen was conducted with the cooperation of security officials.
| No! Reeeeeeeally? But tell me there weren't any holy men involved... |
Officials said the ease with which 23 Al Qaida inmates -- including the architects of attacks on two Western ships -- escaped suggested that they were helped by senior prison or other law enforcement officials. They said Yemeni security forces, despite significant U.S. and Western support, remained riddled with Al Qaida sympathizers.
| Might we suggest a nice blood purge? Maybe even a Yezhovshchina? |
"I find the developments in Yemen not only deeply disappointing, but of enormous concern to us, especially given the capabilities and the expertise of the people who were there," Frances Townsend, President George Bush's assistant on homeland security and counterterrorism, said on Thursday. At the same time, Yemen determined that security officials were responsible for the Al Qaida jail break. The Defense Ministry weekly, entitled "September 26," said several officials would be prosecuted on charges of negligence. |