Twenty-three suspected Al-Qaeda members escaped from a Yemen prison in 2006. The escape is notable because the escapers included several individuals imprisoned for their participation in the USS Cole bombing. The escape is notable because Gaber Al-Bana’a was believed to be an American citizen, who traveled to an Afghan training camp with some friends who became known as the Lackawanna Six or Buffalo Six, when they were rounded up as a "sleeper cell".
The prisoners escaped through a 140-metre tunnel.
Escapees
According to the Yemen Times the escapees were:
- Yaser Naser Al-Homikani
- Mohammed Sa’eed Al-Omda
- Fawzi Mohammed Al-Wajeh
- Zakria Hasen Al-Baihani
- Abudlrahman Ahmed Basora
- Abdullah Ahmed Al-Remi
- Fawaz Yahya Al-Rabe ai
- Hizam Saleh Mugli
- Gamal Mohammed Al-Badwi
- Nasir al-Wuhayshi
- Abdulrahman Ahmed Basurah
- Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Hoidi
- Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Mukri
- Aref Saleh Mugli
- Shafik Ahmed Zaid
- Gaber Al-Bana’a
- Hamza Salem Al-Kuaiti
- Omer Sa’eed Gar Allah
- Abdullah Yahya Al-Wa’adi
- Khaled Mohammed Al-Batati
- Kasem Yahya Al-Remi
- Mohammed Ahmed Al-Remi
- Mansour Naser al-Bahani
References
2006 Yemen prison escape Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA