Khalid al-Midhar may have been a distant relative, or at least a member of the same tribal clan, of a Yemeni terrorist leader named Zeinabidin al-Midhar, who had formed an extremist group called the Islamic Army of Aden and Abyen.
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The United States, which earlier this year issued orders to freeze his funds, has accused al-Masri of membership in the Islamic Army of Aden, a group that claimed responsibility for the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000.
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The U . S . government claims al-Masri is a member of the Islamic Army of Aden, the organization that claimed responsibility for the deadly October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole off Yemen that killed 17 American sailors.
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The Interior Ministry official, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, said that while statements are occasionally issued from abroad in the name of the Islamic Army of Aden, there have been no attacks or other signs of the group operating inside the country.
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Known to operate in Yemen are two deadly groups : the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Army of Aden, whose leader, Zein al-Abidine al-Midhar was executed by firing squad two years ago in the hostage-taking of two Americans and 14 other Western tourists.
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Another participant was to be fundamentalist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, whose funds were frozen by the U . S . Treasury for his alleged membership of the Islamic Army of Aden, the organization that claimed responsibility for the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
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One group named is the Islamic Army of Aden, militants based in Yemen who are suspected of being involved in both the terrorist attacks against the U . S . destroyer Cole in Yemen's Aden harbor last October and the strikes of Sept . 11.
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Known to operate in Yemen, as well, are two deadly groups : the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Army of Aden, whose leader, Zein al-Abidine al-Midhar was executed by firing squad two years ago in the hostage-taking of two Americans and 14 other Western tourists.
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Islamic Army of Aden, another bin Laden arm; in June, nine people believed to be affiliated with the group were arrested after being found with hand grenades, small arms and documents including a map of the U . S . Embassy in San ` a, Yemen's capital.
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In addition, U . S . intelligence were checking the background of suspected hijacker Khalid Al-Midhar, to see if he is connected to Zein al-Abidine al-Midhar, the former head of the Islamic Army of Aden in Yemen who was executed a few years ago in connection with a kidnapping.
