As Yemeni Interrogators Visit Amman Cole Bombing suspects’ files back to police [Archives:2000/50/Front Page]

Yemenis interrogating into the USS Cole bombing in Aden, October 12, headed for the Jordanian Capital to check information on Raid Hijazi, of Palestinian origin, who was extradited last week to Amman by Syrian police.
Sources said that the Yemeni interrogators left Sana’a last Friday to gather information about investigations carried out by the Jordanian police with hijazi who is believed to have been involved in training Cole bombers.
Yemen and Jordan signed a security agreement four years ago concerning fighting terrorism, exchange of information and extradite of criminals from both sides.
Files of the six suspects in the Cole bombing were sent last Thursday back to police from the prosecution where they were before for further investigations, which the American investigators insist on.
Meanwhile, official sources declared that the police identified the main suspect in the bombing named Mohammed Omar Al-Harazi, from Haraz east of Sana’a and it is now launching a huge manhunt in Yemen and outside. The police said Mohammed Al-Harazi main mastermind and financer of the bombers. Yemeni interrogators expected that the process of search for the suspects will widen to includes other suspects. This means that the investigation process will take longer time and wider range including persons thought to be somewhere outside Yemen.
Sources in Aden said that Al-Harazi was living in the UAE and that he used to visit Aden, although he disappeared four days before the bombing. He is thought to have to an anonymous residence outside Yemen.
This development, may reveal further details about the case and the people behind the explosion. It is worth mentioning that around 35 suspects are still under arrest by the political Security Office.

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