Yemen - Mastermind Of USS Cole Bombing, Escaped

San'a, Yemen - An al-Qaida operative who was sentenced to death for plotting and masterminding the USS Cole bombing that killed 17 sailors in 2000 was among a group of convicts who escaped from a Yemen prison last week, Interpol said Sunday in issuing a global security alert.

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Officials set up checkpoints around the capital of San'a, where the prison was located, to try to catch the escapees before he could flee to the protection of mountain tribes, according to a Yemeni security official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.