U.S. Officers Kill Armed Civilians in Yemen Capital

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By ERIC SCHMITTMAY 9, 2014

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Yemenis gathered at the scene of a bomb blast that targeted a troop carrier near two Western embassies in Sana, the capital, on Friday. The barber-shop shooting happened two weeks ago.CreditYahya Arhab/European Pressphoto Agency

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  In the Yemeni news media, the involvement of American commandos in the shooting has not been disclosed. The day after the shooting, the Yemeni Defense Ministry’s website, 26sep.net, reported that a foreigner living in Yemen had shot dead two gunmen who tried to abduct him.
  
  “Two armed men tried to kidnap a foreign citizen as he was leaving a barber in Hadda Street in Sana’a,” the website said. “But he was able to resist and shot them with a revolver he had in his possession,” the website said, citing security sources.
  
  The ministry gave no indication of the intended victim’s nationality or that of those who planned to kidnap him. In subsequent news reports, however, unidentified Yemeni security officials attributed the shootings to various suspects, including a well-trained American citizen with a licensed weapon and a Russian specialist in the oil sector.
  
  David D. Kirkpatrick contributed reporting from Cairo, and Saeed Al-Batati from Sana, Yemen. Kitty Bennett contributed research.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/w...html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=WO_USO_20140509

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