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May 21, 2012 7:30 am

Dozens Dead in Yemen Suicide Blast; U.S. Personnel Attacked

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Marchers in Sana, Yemen. Photo: wiki commons.

LA Times – A suicide bomber targeting soldiers rehearsing for a military parade killed as many as 96 people Monday in a sign that Islamic militants are taking their fight to the capital after intense battles in the provinces with U.S.-backed government forces in recent weeks.

The blast appeared to mark a shift in tactics by an Al Qaeda-linked group that for months had been concentrating on towns in the south. It indicated that militants, who have been unnerved by increased U.S. military and drone strikes, are expanding north in a campaign to upend the fragile,

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