News Brief
3/12/2010, Adar 26, 5770
Yemeni Authorities Recapture American al-Qaeda Militant
Yemeni authorities announced Thursday that they have captured an American citizen of Somali origin after he shot his way out of a hospital in the country, where he was being held after a sweep of al-Qaeda members. Authorities in Yemen are holding Sharif Mobley, 26, who was being treated in Republican Hospital in San'a when he got into a shootout with guards, killing one, in an attempted escape.