2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen information
2008 Yemeni American embassy attack
Map of Yemen showing Sana'a
Location
Sana'a
Date
September 17, 2008 9:15 a.m. (UTC+3)
Target
U.S. embassy
Attack type
Mass shooting, Suicide Bombing, Car Bomb
Deaths
12 (plus 6 attackers)
Injured
At least 17
Perpetrators
Islamic Jihad of Yemen, al-Qaeda
Motive
Demand to release imprisoned Al-Qaeda members[1]
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Internal conflicts in modern Yemen
Alwaziri coup
Yemeni–Adenese clan violence
North Yemen Civil War
Aden Emergency
Yemenite War of 1972
NDF Rebellion
Yemenite War of 1979
South Yemen Civil War
Yemeni Civil War (1994)
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
Houthi insurgency in Yemen
South Yemen insurgency
Yemeni Crisis
Yemeni Revolution
Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
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al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
1992 Yemen hotel bombings
Al-Wade'a
USS Cole bombing
Prison escape
Duba and Ma'rib attacks
Ma'rib bombing
Wadi Dawan ambush
2008 U.S. embassy attack
Shibam bombing
Bin Salman bombing
US Embassy attack
Al-Majalah (2009)
Shabwa (2009)
1st Lawdar (2009)
Blow to the Head (2010)
Huta
2012 Sanaa bombing
2013 Sanaa shootings
2013 Sanaa attack
The 2008 U.S. embassy attack in Yemen in Sana'a, Yemen on September 17, 2008, resulted in 18 deaths[2] and 16 injuries.[3] Six attackers, six Yemeni police and six civilians were killed.[4] This attack was the second occurring in the same year, after a mortar attack earlier in 2008 on March 18 missed the embassy and instead hit a nearby girls' school.[5] Islamic Jihad of Yemen, an al Qaeda affiliate, claimed responsibility for the attack.[4]
^Kasolowsky, Raissa (2008-09-19). "Yemen arrests 19 after U.S. embassy attack". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-09-19. It threatened to launch a series of attacks unless Yemen freed several jailed members.
^"Yemen arrests six over US embassy attack". Al Arabiya. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
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^ abBauer, Shane (2008-09-18). "U.S. Embassy hit in Yemen, raising militancy concerns". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
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