April 09, 2008
US Evacuates Embassy In Sana'a, Yemen
The US State Department ordered the evacuation of all non-essential embassy personnel following a mortar attack Sunday on a residential complex housing western diplomats and oil workers. The US Embassy was targeted by mortars in mid-March. No injuries were sustained in either attack. In an internet statement, al-Qaeda in Yemen claimed Sunday's mortar attack was in retaliation for the May 2007 death of Taliban commander Mullah Dahdullah in Afghanistan.
The internet posting also said the group perpetrated the attacks Saturday on two security checkpoints in Hadramout, southern Yemen, which left one soldier dead and several wounded. The statement said the group would not rest until all polytheists were expelled from the Arabian peninsula and "the whole world is governed by the book of Allah."
