Jamal Mohammad Ahmad Al Badawi

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Jamal Mohammed al-Bedawi ( _ar. جمال محمد البدوي) (born: July 22, 1960; or October 23, 1960; or 1963;or 1969) is a Yemeni who was convicted of helping plan the 2000 USS Cole bombing, which killed 17 American sailors on October 12, 2000 off the port coast of Aden, Yemen.cite news
url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbadawi.htm
title=FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, wanted poster, Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi
publisher=FBI
accessdate=2007-12-26] He was captured in Yemen and sentenced to death on September 29, 2004. Al-Bedawi was also indicted on May 15, 2003 by the United States for the USS "Cole" bombing and the attempted attack on the USS "The Sullivans" . He is thought to have travelled to Saudi Arabia and purchased a small boat and then a truck and trailer to transport it. This boat sank from the weight of the explosives while preparing the USS "The Sullivans" plot. He is also thought to have leased the safehouses used in these endeavors.

Only two of the six charged by Yemen in the attack were sentenced to death; the other four were sentenced to 5-10 years imprisonment. After hearing his sentence, Al-Bedawi declared "This is an unjust verdict, this is an American verdict. There are no human rights in the world, except for the Americans. All the Muslims in the world are being used to serve American interests." His family announced they would appeal. Because he was being held by U.S. forces, the other defendant sentenced to death, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, was tried and sentenced in absentia.

Having twice escaped from Yemen prison, once since his death sentence was issued, al-Bedawi is currently at large, and is now being sought as an FBI Most Wanted Terrorist fugitive.

Escape from Yemen prison

Al-Bedawi was one of the "Cole" defendants who had previously escaped from a Yemeni prison in April 2003, but he was later recaptured in March 2004.cite news
url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/06/world/main1288696.shtml
title=Did Qaeda Fugitives Get Inside Help?
publisher=CBS News
date=February 6 2006
accessdate=2007-12-26]

By June 2003, al-Bedawi had been added to the FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20030603172523/http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/terrorismsi.htm FBI Seeking Information, War on Terrorism list archive] , Internet Archive Wayback Machine, June 3, 2003]

Once again in custody, al-Bedawi was removed from FBI Seeking Information wanted list October 10, 2004. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20041010184612/http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/terrorismsi.htm FBI Seeking Information archive] , Internet Archive Wayback Machine, October 10, 2004] cite news
url=http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbadawi.htm
title=Most wanted terrorists: Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi
publisher=FBI
accessdate=2007-12-28]

According to a BBC report, al-Bedawi was one of 23 people who escaped from a Yemeni jail on February 3, 2006, 12 of them Al-Qaeda members.cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4682214.stm
title=Hunt on for Yemeni jailbreakers
publisher=BBC
date=February 4 2006
accessdate=2007-12-26]

On February 23, 2006 the U.S. FBI confirmed the latest escape, as they issued a national Press Release naming al-Bedawi as one of the first new additions, since inception in 2001, to the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list.cite news
url=http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel06/mwtl_yemen022306.htm
title=RECENT ESCAPEES FROM YEMEN PRISON ADDED TO MOST WANTED TERRORISTS AND SEEKING INFORMATION - WAR ON TERRORISM LISTS
publisher=FBI
date=February 23, 2006
accessdate=2007-12-26] He appeared on the FBI list with three new photos, including an enhanced black and white of the original grainy color photo. He was listed by the FBI on his new wanted poster under the name Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi.

On October 17, 2007, al-Badawi surrendered to Yemeni authorities as part of an agreement with al-Qaeda militants. Following his surrender, Yemeni authorities released him in return for a pledge not to engage in any violent or al-Qaeda-related activity, despite a $5 million reward for his capture. Two other escapees remained at large. [Agence France-Presse. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22600364-23109,00.html Top al-Qaeda suspect turns himself in] . October 17, 2007.] cite news
url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/26/terror/main3414029.shtml
title=Yemen Frees USS Cole Bomb Plotter: Al Qaeda Mastermind Of 2000 Attack On Ship Pardoned After Turning Himself In
publisher=CBS News
date=October 26, 2007
accessdate=2007-12-26] cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7065074.stm
title=USS Cole plotter freed by Yemen
publisher=BBC
date= 27 October 2007
accessdate=2007-12-19]

Al-Badawi was mentioned frequently during Guantanamo captive Abd Al Rahim Hussein Mohammed Al Nashiri's Combatant Status Review Tribunal. cite web
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/ISN10015.pdf#1
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Nashiri, Abd Al Rahim Hussein Mohammed
date=February 8, 2007
pages=pages 1-2
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-25] cite web
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Transcript_ISN10015.pdf#1
title=Verbatim transcript for Combatant Status Review Tribunal ISN 10015
date=March 14, 2007
pages=pages 1-36
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-28]

References

ee also

*Fahd Mohammed Ahmed Al-Quso

External links

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/03/AR2008050302047.html? Probe of USS Cole Bombing Unravels] Washington Post May 4 2008