1992 bombings in Aden, Yemen - On December 29, 1992, a bomb exploded at two hotels in Aden, Yemen.[1] At 9.40 p.m., a bomb went off at the Gold Mohur hotel in Aden.[2] A United Nations force, which included American troops, had been staying there in Aden, in the Gold Mohur Hotel for a few days, while they were heading to Somalia for a humanitarian mission. The U.S. troops had already left when the bomb exploded. The bombers targeted a second hotel, the Aden Movenpick, where they believed American troops might also be staying.[3] That bomb detonated prematurely in the hotel car park, around the same time as the other bomb explosion. Victims in the attack included two Australian tourists. As well, seven others, including Yemenis, were injured. The person believed to be carrying the bomb at the Movenpick was killed, and a second person wounded.[2] Yemeni officials arrested several men after the attack, and they found weapons and explosives in their truck at the Movenpick. Al Qaeda billed the attacks as a victory, as within days of the attack, all U.S. troops left Yemen.[3]
2000 bombing of the USS Cole - At 11:15 a.m. on October 12, 2000, a small fishing vessel approached the USS Cole which was docked in the harbor in Aden, Yemen. Explosives detonated from the fishing vessel, killing 17 aboard the USS Cole.
2008 attack on the U.S. embassy in Yemen - On September 17, 2008, six assailants, possibly associated with Al Qaeda, approached the United States embassy in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen. The assailants, carrying rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons, attacked the embassy with gunfire going for ten minutes. During the attack, a car bomb detonated at an embassy checkpoint. The attack resulted in the death of six Yemeni guards, along with four civilians, and the six attackers. The civilians were in a line outside the embassy, waiting to get visas.[4]