Breaking News-Protesters storm US Embassy in Yemen

Mathias Byabato · 2012-09-13T09:44:05+00:00

SANAA, Yemen (AP) Protesters angered by an anti-Islam film have stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.The protesters were on the embassy's grounds but did not enter the building housing the offices. Before storming the embassy compound on Thursday, the demonstrators removed the embassy's sign on the outer wall and set tires ablaze. Once inside the compound, they brought down the U.S. flag and burned it. Yemen is home to al-Qaida's most active branch and the United States is the main foreign supporter of the Yemeni government's counterterrorism campaign. The government on Tuesday announced that al-Qaida's No. 2 leader in Yemen was killed in an apparent U.S. airstrike, a major blow to the terror network chanzo-INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

Thread starter Mathias Byabato
Start date Sep 13, 2012

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