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Bomb Targets US Embassy Vehicle in Yemen

   VOA News 16 December 2010

   Officials  in  Yemen  say a group of U.S. embassy personnel came under
   attack overnight when a bomb exploded in the back of their vehicle.
   Reports  on  Thursday  say  no  one  was  injured in the attack in the
   capital,  Sana'a.  They say the attacker threw a bomb into the back of
   the  Americans'  pickup  truck  as it was sitting outside a restaurant
   frequented by foreign nationals.
   The reports say police have arrested a 28-year-old Jordanian suspect.
   It  is  unclear  whether the attack is linked to al-Qaida militants in
   the country.
   Al-Qaida  last  carried out an attack on a foreign embassy in October,
   when  a  rocket  attack  on a British embassy vehicle in Sanaa wounded
   several people.
   The  rocket exploded near a car carrying Britain's number two diplomat
   in  Yemen,  wounding  three  bystanders and one staffer who was riding
   inside.
   Last  April,  a  suicide bomber in Sanaa blew himself up near a convoy
   carrying  the  British  ambassador  to  Yemen,  Timothy  Torlot.  The
   ambassador was unharmed, but three bystanders were wounded.
   Al-Qaida  in  the  Arabian  Peninsula  claimed responsibility for that
   attack.

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