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August 18, 2012
Yemeni officials say suspected
al-Qaida militants have attacked intelligence headquarters in the southern city
of Aden, killing at least 14 Yemeni soldiers and security personnel.
Intelligence sources and witnesses
say the militants attacked the building from two sides Saturday, firing
rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons. At least seven soldiers were wounded.
The militants managed to escape.
Al-Qaida's Yemen-based network,
al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, remains active in southern Yemen. Suspected militants have been carrying out a
series of suicide bombings and assassinations on Yemeni officials.
The network is also suspected of
trying to pull off attacks on U.S. interests, including a failed plot in 2010
to blow up U.S.-bound cargo planes with explosives hidden in printer ink
cartridges.
