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Report: Yemen's navy foils potential boat attack

By REUTERS

AUGUST 28, 2011 10:08

ADEN, Yemen - Yemen's navy sank a speed boat suspected of carrying explosives as it approached Yemeni naval vessels patrolling the Gulf of Aden on Saturday night, a military official said.

Major General Ruwais Mujawar, commander of the Yemeni navy, said on a defense ministry website that the boat ignored several warning shots as it sped towards the warships. It sank after navy ships fired at it. He gave no further details.

Islamist militants, which the government says are part of al-Qaida's Yemen-based arm, have taken over at least three southern towns in recent months, including a provincial capital, while protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh drag on.

Al-Qaida has used boats in the past to attack sea-borne targets. In 2000, suicide bombers rammed an explosive-laden boat into the US navy destroyer USS Cole in the port of Aden, killing 17 sailors and wounding 40.

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