Al-Qaida Claims Attack on US-Yemen Airbase

An al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen says it carried out a rocket attack Thursday on an airbase used by the United States. Yemeni officials confirmed the strike on the Al-Anad facility in the southern province of Lahij. A spokesman for the Yemeni embassy in Washington reported there were no fatalities. The Pentagon said no U.S. military personnel were injured. Earlier this week, al-Qaida claimed two suicide car bombings on a military base that killed seven Yemeni soldiers. The militant...

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