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| Yemen Steps Up Security At Aden Port After Terror Alert |
| 2006-11-24 |
| Yemeni authorities stepped up security at the southern port of Aden Thursday after receiving information on potential suicide attacks by al-Qaeda, security officials said. The officials told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that extra police and army troops were deployed around the port's installations and at the Aden oil refinery. They said authorities received an intelligence alert from a foreign government that al-Qaeda was planning to strike at the port. "We have tightened up security at the port and strict measures are being taken to prevent any attack," one Coast Guard official told dpa by telephone from Aden. The official, who asked not to be identified, said the move followed "information from a friendly country." He would not give further details. |
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