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Al-Qaida Suspect Shoots Guards in Hospital Escape Attempt

   VOA News 07 March 2010
   Map of Sana'a in Yemen

   Yemeni  officials  say  a  suspected al-Qaida militant shot two police
   guards  Sunday in an unsuccessful attempt to escape the hospital where
   he was being treated in the capital, Sanaa.
   Hospital  officials  say  the suspect grabbed a weapon from his guards
   and opened fire, but failed to get out of the hospital.
   Yemen  intensified  its  fight  against  al-Qaida after a local branch
   claimed  responsibility  for  a  failed  bomb  attack  on a U.S.-bound
   airplane in December.
   The  United  States has pledged millions of dollars in military aid to
   help the country battle terrorism.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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