 fawaz yahya al-rabeiee () (1979-2006) was an al-qaeda terrorist, sentenced to death in 2004 by a yemeni court for his part in the 2002 attack on the french tanker limburg.al qaeda fugitives killed in yemen, gulf news, 1 october 2006 al-rabeiee escaped custody in february 2006, with 22 other inmates, but was killed 1 october 2006 in sanâaâ, along with another al-qaeda suspect identified as mohammed daylami.yemen forces kill 2 top al qaeda fugitives, australian broadcasting corp., 2 october 2006 al-rabeii was a yemeni national although born in saudi arabia. he became wanted in 2002, by the united states department of justice's fbi, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. in early 2002, he had been named as the cell leader in a suspected yemen plot, for which he became listed on the fbi's third major "wanted" list, now known as the fbi seeking information - war on terrorism list. al-rabeiee was considered to be the "ring leader" of his yemen terrorist cell. in 2002, he had been identified by the fbi as traveling on yemeni passport 00452004. his identified aliases included fawaz yahia hassan aribii, fawaz al-rubai, fawaz yehia hassan al-rabie, fawaz yahya hasan al-rabi'i, fawaz yahya al-ribi (al-ruba'i, al-rabia'i, al-rabi'i), forqan al-tajiki, furqan al-tajiki, furgan al-tajiki, furqan the chechen, faris al-baraq, sa'id musharraf, and salem al-farhan. "furqan al-tajiki" is the addressee of a letter, found in afghanistan, which appears to have been written by his brother salman yahya hassan mohammed rabeii.three declassified letters from the harmony database, united states military academy; see page 14 ==uss cole bombing== on october 12, 2000, one year prior to 9/11, yemen became an early theater in the war on terrorism, when the 2000 uss cole bombing killed 17 american sailors and wounded 40 off the port coast of aden, yemen. in the aftermath, the government of yemen rounded up numerous suspected terrorists, many of whom were identified as members of al-qaeda. historically, yemen has tolerated islamist terrorism. however, it cracked down on such groups after the september 11 attacks. after the cole bombing, yemen allowed u.s. forces to train its troops against terrorism and worked with the cia. ==february 12, 2002 terro
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