2006 in Yemen
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See also: | Other events of 2006 |
The following lists events that happened during 2006 in Yemen.
Incumbents
Events
February
- February 9 - U.S. forces are searching for the USS Cole attacker who escaped from prison last Friday. According to Interpol, an al-Qaeda operative who had been sentenced to death for plotting the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 escaped with a group of convicts from their prison last week in Sana'a.[1]
September
- September 23 - Ali Abdullah Saleh, in office since 1978, is re-elected as President of Yemen with 77.2% of the votes, prompting allegations of electoral fraud from the Yemeni opposition coalition.[2]
References
- ^ "US searches for Yemen fugitives". 9 February 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Yemeni leader wins by landslide". 23 September 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2015.