Yemeni authorities 'had been warned of attack on military target'

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Yemeni authorities 'had been warned of attack on military target'

Defence official says security services failed to secure parade
ground before Monday's suicide bomb, which killed 96 people

Sam Kimball in Sana'a and Sam Jones
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 23 May 2012 14.30 BST

Yemeni authorities were warned of a possible attack on a military target three weeks before the suicide bombing that killed 96 people during a rehearsal for an armed forces parade on Monday, a defence official has revealed.

According to the source, the ministry of the interior and officers from the national and political security services failed to completely secure the parade ground several days before the event – despite a clear warning that the military was being targeted by terrorists.

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqap) and its affiliate, Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law), have both claimed responsibility for the attack, which left at least 220 people injured.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/23/yemen-authorities-warned-attack-military

[bemildred]

1. Must have been an inside job. nt