62 Al-Qaeda Prisoners Escape

Aden - A total of 62 al Qaeda prisoners escaped from a prison in Yemen's south, yesterday. The incident occurred after they clashed with the guards, killing one person and injuring two others.

The prisoners escaped from prison in the city of Al-Mukalla, capital of the province of Hadramawt, south Yemen, to paralyze the mountains after their guards and seized several weapons, security officials said yesterday.

Officials who are not willing to be named stated that before the prisoners escaped after a number of al-Qaeda militants stormed the heavily armed prison to free them. According to him, the prison was inhabited more than 100 al-Qaeda militants, 58 of whom were tried and sentenced.

But a spokesman for community organizations in Hadramawt, Nasser Bakazzuz, accusing the authorities to help these prisoners escape. ''Life's regime a few days and they wanted to create chaos in the Hadramawt. No Al-Qaeda attacks in the jail to free prisoners,''he explained.

Another security official states of 62 inmates who escaped, two of whom were arrested again. Medical officer at the Hospital of the city's Iben Seena explain a security force personnel were killed and two others wounded, while a militant arrived at the hospital in critical condition.

Yemeni military clashed violently with Al-Qaeda militants in several parts of the Arab countries, which also faces a popular revolt against the 32-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The two sides also fought fight Zinjibar City, southern Yemen. At least 100 soldiers killed since unrest erupted in Zinjibar more than three weeks ago, and 260 were wounded, the military is clear.

U.S. officials to Yemen

Meanwhile, from Sanaa reported an official United States, yesterday, conferred with officials in Yemen, on the brink of civil war because of President Saleh refused to meet the demands of the protesters to retreat.

A Yemeni government sources said Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Near Eastern affairs, will meet Foreign Minister Abubakar al-Qirbi and Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who acted as president.

He will also negotiate with the son of Saleh, Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is expected to replace his father as president before the protests erupted earlier this year. The talks will focus on the situation in Yemen and the issue of transition of power by the vice president, government sources said.