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2008 attack on the United States embassy in Sanaa — Wikipedia (en)

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On September 17, 2008, an attack was carried out against the embassy of the United States in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Seven gunmen travelling in two car bombs attempted to enter the compound through the main entrance by masquerading as an official Yemeni delegation. At 9:13 a.m. they arrived at a checkpoint to the entrance, but their plan was foiled after a guard closed the drop bar to the main gate and sounded the alarm. Instead of blowing up the gate as planned, the first vehicle was rammed into a nearby military technical, while the second one later attempted to breach the walls but failed. Three gunmen controlled the entrance area and fired into the compound and at Yemeni security forces who besieged them before they had all died by approximately 9:55 a.m. The attack left 20 people dead and 10 wounded. It was the deadliest attack against a US government facility outside of an active battlefield since the September 11 attacks. The only American who died was Susan Elbaneh, a Yemeni-American woman killed alongside her husband as they waited in line outside the embassy. Responsibility was claimed by al-Qaeda in the South of the Arabian Peninsula (AQSAP), which said the attackers had all attended a mosque together and that several of them attempted to join the Iraqi insurgency before deciding on an attack in Yemen. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) worked with Yemeni authorities to investigate the attack. It was quickly linked to al-Qaeda, with AQSAP leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi being labelled its alleged mastermind and the perpetrators being linked to local training camps. The investigation had stalled by the next year due to a lack of bilateral cooperation. In 2015, an individual claiming to be a former AQSAP informant said the Yemeni government had foreknowledge of the attack and secretly provided support for it. American officials including President George W. Bush condemned the attack and emphasized further counterterrorism cooperation with Yemen. It was also met with condemnation in Yemen and internationally. Analysts described the attack as sophisticated and unprecedented, and indicative of an al-Qaeda resurgence in the country. Retrospectively it has been considered "a landmark operation in the history of jihadism in Yemen". The country was thereon prioritized in the counterterrorism strategy of the Barack Obama administration. Another attack planned against the embassy in 2009 was met with military intervention.

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