Yemeni investigations on the US warship explosion

Yemen's minister of the Interior Hussein Muhammad Arab has announced that the Yemeni authorities are making further search operations for those suspected in the attack against the US warship USS Cole in October, besides six persons who were arrested earlier.

News reports quoted Arab as saying in statements issued on December 12 by the United Arab Emirates daily al-Bayan that joint investigations Yemen makes with the Americans are continuous, noting that the six arrested persons are involved in the attack against the Warship besides other persons.

Arab added that there is a link between the said attack which was carried out off Aden coast and the incident of throwing a bomb on the British embassy in the capital Sanaa., in that it is believed that the executors of the two attacks belong to one group.

Arab continued that the attack on the US warship was planned since more than three years, noting that all preparation on that issue made in Yemen were unveiled. he said that search still continues for other persons carrying Yemeni nationalities suspected to be involved in the attack which targeted the warship USS Cole on October 12 and resulted in killing 17 American soldiers.