Officials: Militants believed to be al-Qaida storm intelligence building in Yemen port city

[cory777]

Source: AP

SAN'A, Yemen — Security officials say armed men, believed to be linked to al-Qaida, have stormed the intelligence service headquarters in Yemen's port city of Aden.

The officials say the men, armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, took over the building's central courtyard on Saturday morning and have made their way into its detention facility, where al-Qaida suspects are often held.

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[Robb]

1. Update: 11 killed, including 3 women and a 7 year-old boy

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jbnrxdtjt1O1gQiuPnlA1nd9P_cg">Suspected Qaeda attack in Yemen kills 11

Eleven people including seven military personnel were killed in a suspected Al-Qaeda attack on Yemeni intelligence headquarters in the southern port city of Aden on Saturday, officials said.

The higher security committee, in an official statement, said preliminary investigations "indicate that the criminal attack carries the marks of the Al-Qaeda terror network," the state news agency Saba reported.

It said three women and a seven-year-old boy were also killed in the clashes between the building guards and the assailants.

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Witnesses said the assailants "were seen leaving the building in a bus, taking people who had been detained there with them," in what appeared to be a coordinated and well-planned operation. There were no casualties among the attackers, the witnesses said.

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[bemildred]

2. Apparently the intelligence service headquarters is not secure.

Hmm.