to death, angrily stated the whole trial was a "sham", with no respect for human rights. The father of defendant Abdulkareem Kaifan claimed the verdict had been decided from the start and the whole trial was a "decoration" to pass the verdict. The defendants vowed to appeal their verdicts and sentences. Mass escape from Yemen On 3 February 2006, 23 people, 12 of them al-Qaeda members, escaped from a Yemeni jail in San'a, according to a BBC report. Al-Rabeiee was among the group, which reportedly escaped by digging a tunnel, 140 metres, which took them to a nearby mosque. However, none of the 17 Yemen plot suspects from the 2002 terror alert appeared again among the newly listed FBI "wanted" list names in relation to the Yemen escape of 2006. References 1979 births 2006 deaths Yemeni al-Qaeda members Deaths by firearm in Yemen Yemeni escapees Escapees from Yemeni detention Yemeni prisoners sentenced to death Prisoners sentenced to death by Yemen People shot dead by law enforcement officers