Wednesday, July 04, 2007

THE "QUEEN OF SHEBA" TEMPLE in Yemen has been suicide bombed:
Bomb at Yemen temple kills 9
Reuters, The Associated Press
Published: July 2, 2007

SANA, Yemen: A suicide bomber killed nine people including six Spanish tourists Monday when he drove his car into the site of an ancient temple, police officials said.

In addition to the Spanish tourists, three Yemenis, including the suicide bomber, died, said the police officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Witnesses said a car drove through a gate and then exploded at the Queen of Sheba temple in northeastern Yemen, which was built about 3,000 years ago.

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Barbaric. The speculation is that Al Qaeda is responsible.

(Via Francis Deblauwe on the Iraq Crisis list.)