Yemeni officials: Apparent al-Qaeda attack kills 3
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Two Yemeni soldiers and a civilian were killed when armed men believed to belong to al-Qaeda attacked security posts in the eastern city of Mukalla, security officials said Tuesday.
Yemen's active al-Qaeda offshoot has taken advantage of three months of popular protests calling for the ouster of longtime president Ali Abdullah Saleh to step up operations in the country's weakly governed provinces. In the attack, armed men opened fire Monday night on two security post outside Mukalla, the capital of Hadramawt province, security officials said Tuesday. The attack killed two soldiers and one passer-by. (AP)
