Fawaz al-Rabihi is a citizen of Yemen who played a role in the terrorist attack on the French supertanker MV Limburg.[1][2] Al-Rabihi received a life sentence, while fellow captive Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal, also convicted of a role in the attack, received a three-year sentence.[3] He was captured by Yemeni authorities, escaped, and then killed in a gunbattle in 2005.

References

  1. ↑ "Limburg oil tanker attacked". Global Security. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  2. ↑ "Al-Qaeda fugitive killed in Yemen". BBC. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  3. ↑ "Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal: Al-Qaeda Terrorist Operations Facilitator". Global Security. Retrieved 26 December 2007.

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