This attack appears to be a method for the al-Qaeda splinter group to assert its dominance in the region. The rocket was fired from the militants’ vehicle using a M72 light anti-tank weapon before they drove away.
Even though no U.S. personnel or Embassy buildings were hit, a nearby truck with Yemeni special security forces was hit, and guards were injured and, in all probability, a barricade blocking the Embassy had absorbed most of the blast.
The group has indicated that the attack was in retaliation to a drone strike in which two al-Qaeda militants in the northern al Jawf province are believed to have been killed.
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