Yemen

SAN'A, Yemen (AP) — At least 25 militants with suspected links to al-Qaeda have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital, a senior security official said Thursday. It is not unusual for authorities in Yemen, a key partner in the U.S.-led war on terror but for years an al-Qaeda stronghold, to round up a large number of suspects in the wake of a terror attack. The official said a U.S. team was on its way to Yemen to take charge of the investigation. The attack Wednesday killed 16 people but failed to breach the compound's walls. None of those killed or wounded were U.S. diplomats or embassy employees. The sophisticated bombing plot carried out against the U.S. Embassy in Yemen brings increased urgency to fears that Muslim extremists are gathering strength in that nation and could make it a headquarters for terrorism.

U,S, Embassy Attacked in Yemen

SAN'A, Yemen (AP) — Suspected militants armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assaulted the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday. The coordinated attack killed 16 people, including six assailaints, officials said. The U.S. said no Americans were hurt. Multiple explosions rang out outside the heavily-guarded facility, and gunfire raged for at least 10 minutes at the concrete checkpoints that ring the compound. The dead included six attackers, six Yemeni guards and four civilians. It was the deadliest attack on a compound that has been targeted four times in recent years by bombings, mortars and shootings. Yemen, the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden, has struggled to put down al-Qaeda-linked Islamic militants, often to the frustration of U.S. counterterrorism officials.