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| Yemeni security forces have killed four al-Qaeda militants suspected of killing 10 people including eight Spaniards in a recent suicide attack, officials say. | Yemeni security forces have killed four al-Qaeda militants suspected of killing 10 people including eight Spaniards in a recent suicide attack, officials say. |
| The militants died during a raid near the city of Mareb east of the capital Sanaa on Wednesday morning. | The militants died during a raid near the city of Mareb east of the capital Sanaa on Wednesday morning. |
| One of the dead was Kassem al-Raimi, an alleged top al-Qaeda operative thought to have masterminded the bombing. | |
| The eight tourists, along with two Yemenis, died in the 2 July attack at Mareb's Queen of Sheba temple. | The eight tourists, along with two Yemenis, died in the 2 July attack at Mareb's Queen of Sheba temple. |
| Up to 12 people were injured in the attack, in which a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into their convoy. | Up to 12 people were injured in the attack, in which a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into their convoy. |
| Yemen has faced continuing unrest in recent years, which the government often blames on al-Qaeda operatives. | Yemen has faced continuing unrest in recent years, which the government often blames on al-Qaeda operatives. |
| 'Long-term threat' | 'Long-term threat' |
| Security sources said Raimi, a Yemeni national, was involved in several other operations, and was one of 13 convicted prisoners who escaped from a Sanaa prison in 2006. | Security sources said Raimi, a Yemeni national, was involved in several other operations, and was one of 13 convicted prisoners who escaped from a Sanaa prison in 2006. |
| ATTACKS IN YEMEN October 2000: Seventeen US sailors die in suicide attack on USS Cole in Yemeni portOctober 2002: A similar attack against French tanker the Limburg kills one Bulgarian and wounds 12 othersMarch 2003: A Canadian is killed and another wounded after a Yemeni gunman opens fire at an oilfield east of SanaaSept 2006: Four bombers and a security guard die when Yemeni security forces foil suicide attacks against two oil refineries At least two of the other three militants killed were Yemeni, they said. | ATTACKS IN YEMEN October 2000: Seventeen US sailors die in suicide attack on USS Cole in Yemeni portOctober 2002: A similar attack against French tanker the Limburg kills one Bulgarian and wounds 12 othersMarch 2003: A Canadian is killed and another wounded after a Yemeni gunman opens fire at an oilfield east of SanaaSept 2006: Four bombers and a security guard die when Yemeni security forces foil suicide attacks against two oil refineries At least two of the other three militants killed were Yemeni, they said. |
| On Monday, the US embassy warned Americans living in Yemen saying that the terrorist threat in the country had "evolved". | On Monday, the US embassy warned Americans living in Yemen saying that the terrorist threat in the country had "evolved". |
| "We are now experiencing terrorist actions previously unseen in Yemen," the embassy's note said. | "We are now experiencing terrorist actions previously unseen in Yemen," the embassy's note said. |
| "Western interests may continue to be targeted. This evolving threat is not temporary, and will be with us for the foreseeable future." | "Western interests may continue to be targeted. This evolving threat is not temporary, and will be with us for the foreseeable future." |
| In recent years Yemen's government has been fighting Islamists with the help of US special forces based in Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa. | |
| Al-Qaeda has demanded the release of militants jailed in the country. | Al-Qaeda has demanded the release of militants jailed in the country. |