U.S. Embassy in Yemen

September 17, 2008
In a coordinated attack, militants assaulted the front gate of the embassy with machine gun fire, rocket propelled grenades and two suicide car bombs, killing 17 people, including one American. A U.S. state department spokesman said the assault had "all the hallmarks of an al-Qaeda attack;" the next day, security officials in Yemen arrested 25 people suspected of having links to the terrorist network.

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