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US Embassy in Yemen Targeted for Attack: CNN Report
In recent days the US Embassy in Yemen was not only targeted by terrorists but also came dangerously close to being attacked, several Bush administration sources told CNN on Monday.
The report comes as the US State Department was downplaying reports of a plot, foiled by Indian police, to attack the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
Referring to the embassy in Yemen, one U.S. official said: "We narrowly dodged a serious attack." An attack in Yemen last year against the USS Cole killed 17 sailors. The embassy threat was "imminent, specific and credible," the official added.
Another senior State Department official said: "This was a group planning something."
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