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By MARK ELLIS A TERROR assault on an American embassy yesterday left at least 16 dead. Last night the US State Department said the "vicious" attack in the Yemen capital Sanaa bore all the hallmarks of an al-Qaeda operation. Militants tried to storm the US compound with automatic weapons and rocketpropelled grenades. They failed to breach the fortified walls but two suicide car bombs went off at a security checkpoint and gunmen battled with guards for around 10 minutes. The dead...
From wire reports SAN'A, Yemen A well-coordinated attack on the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital Wednesday morning left 16 people dead, including a newly wed American woman, but the attack ultimately was thwarted by security barriers and Yemeni soldiers, six of whom died in a car-bomb explosion and an ensuing gun battle. The attackers failed to breach the well-guarded compound's gates and get close to the building that houses U.S. officials. An obscure group called Islamic Jihad,...
By Paul Schemm and Ahmed al-Haj Associated Press SAN'A, Yemen -- Militants linked to al-Qaida launched a brazen attack against the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital Wednesday, firing automatic weapons and setting off grenades and a car bomb in a furious fusillade that failed to breach the walls but killed 16 people, including a newly wed New York woman. It was the deadliest direct assault on a U.S. Embassy in a decade, claiming the lives of six attackers, six Yemeni guards and four...
By AHMED AL-HAJ SAN'A, Yemen - A car bomb exploded at the front gate of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital today, killing six Yemeni guards and four civilians, officials said. No American personnel were reported hurt. Several "secondary explosions" followed the first blast, the embassy said in a statement. A Yemeni security official said the compound was hit by two car bombs, followed by heavy gunfire that lasted about 10 minutes. Six attackers, including a suicide bomber wearing an...
Text of report by state-owned Yemeni TV on 17 September At 1147 gmt, state-owned Yemen TV ran the following ticker bar informing citizens of what happened earlier in the morning during the attack on the US embassy. "This morning, security forces foiled a double suicide car bombing that targeted the US embassy in San'a. During the hostile operation, six security forces guarding the embassy were martyred and three others were injured. Moreover, four citizens were martyred, including a couple,...
Text of report by state-run Yemeni news agency Saba website [Unattributed report: "After entering the air space with no permission, a US plane is forced by the Yemeni aviation authorities to land at Sana'a airport"] An international Sana'a Airport source said that the airport's aviation authorities forced a plane registered in the United States to land at the airport yesterday[13 September] evening, because it entered the Yemeni airspace without advance permission. The source, who...
Text of report in English by state-run Yemeni news agency Saba website SANA'A, Sep. 08 (Saba) -A Chinese delegation headed by chairman of the China Geological Survey (CGS) arrived in Sana'a on Monday [8 September] in a few-day visit. In a statement to Saba, the Chinese official said that the visit aims at boosting cooperation between the two countries, particularly in field of minerals, hoping that the talks with Yemeni officials lead to sign a joint agreement of minerals. The Chinese...
CZMT (Czech Republic), technological unit exporter, signed a contract worth CEK 17 bil with the company Middle East Development (MED) in Aug 2008. It is a contract on supplies of technological units to the Yemen Arab Republic and Dzibutsko. Czech companies will build cement works, iron works and a power plant in these countries according to the contract. CZMT has already obtained trust of the company MED before thanks to a contract on building of cement works worth EUR 250 mil in the Yemen...
Excerpt from report in English by state-run Yemeni news agency Saba website Sana'a, 31 August: Headed by Minister of Local Administration Abd al-Qadir Hilal, Minister of Public Health and Population Abd al- Karim Rase and Sa'ada's governor Hasan Man'a, Assessment Committee for Damages in Saada held an extensive meeting on 31 August over performance of the assessment teams for damages. The meeting discussed role of the executive offices and local councils to coordinate with the Sa'ada...
Text of report by Yemeni Armed Forces newspaper 26 September website on 28 August Police investigations showed precise and important information on Al-Qa'idah network and their terrorist plots. A security source told 26 September Net that a plentiful information have been obtained; of which was a computer that terrorists tried to get rid of it by drowning it in water, nonetheless, the computer was later operated, which helped to take serious tips from that computer. The source further...
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The Arabian Wolf (Canis lupus arabs), is a mammal of the order Carnivora. It is a subspecies of Gray Wolf which was once found throughout the Arabian Peninsula, but now only lives in small pockets in Southern Israel, Oman, Yemen, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Their ears are proportionately larger in relation to body size when compared to other species, an adaptation needed to disperse body heat. This subspecies is unusual, as it is not known to howl. Arabian wolves are unique among gray...
The Veiled Chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus, is a species of chameleon found in the mountainous regions of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It is also called the Yemen Chameleon. These are expert tree climbers and tree dwellers. They have feet specially designed to grasp limbs and branches. The male veiled chameleon has a green base color and, depending on mood, this green will range from a bright lime green to a dark olive drab. The green base color is marked with stripes and spots of yellow,...
The Veiled Chameleon is a large species of chameleon found in the mountain regions of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It is also sometimes referred to as the Yemeni Chameleon. The male veiled chameleon has a green base color and, depending on its mood, this green will range from a bright lime green to a drab, dark olive color. The green base color is marked with stripes and spots of yellow, brown, and blue. Non breeding females as well as juvenile chameleons are generally a uniform green color...
