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Article: Yemen authorities say some militants captured in crackdown linked to USS Cole bombing
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- March 10, 2004
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AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-10-2004
Dateline: SAN`A, Yemen
Four of 32 militants captured in a crackdown by Yemen's security forces are linked to the October 2000 USS Cole bombing that killed 17 American sailors, an official said.
The four were among 10 suspects who escaped from prison early last year, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity Tuesday.
The crackdown in the southern mountains led to the arrests of 32 suspects believed to belong to al-Qaida and other militant groups, including the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army and the Yemeni Islamic Jihad.
Senior al-Qaida agents Abdul Raouf Naseeb and Sayed Imam el-Sharif were among those captured, but the ...