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Fawaz al-Rabihi

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Fawaz al-Rabihi is a citizen of Yemen who played a role in the terrorist attack on the French supertanker MV Limburg. 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. He was captured by Yemeni authorities, escaped, and then killed in a gunbattle in 2006.

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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