Car bombing, ambush at U.S. Embassy in Yemen

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Photos of U.S. embassy car bombing in Yemen.

Smoke rises from the U.S. Embassy in San'a, Yemen, Wednesday after a car bomb targeting the building hit the front gate of the compound. At least six Yemeni guards and four civilians were killed. No American personnel were reported hurt.

Several secondary explosions and gunfire followed the first blast, the embassy said in a statement.

The embassy is ringed by two layers of these blocks, according to San'a residents familiar with the area..

In this frame grab from al-Arabiya television Yemeni security and medical officials take up positions in the area of the U.S. Embassy.

The entrance to the U.S. Embassy compound in this undated photo from Delta Scientific Corporation.

Yemenis talk as an army ambulalnce vehicle heads to the embassy.

A police vehicle patrols the streets near the embassy.

A police vehicle drives near the embassy.

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Smoke rises from the U.S. Embassy in San'a, Yemen, Wednesday after a car bomb targeting the building hit the front gate of the compound. At least six Yemeni guards and four civilians were killed. No American personnel were reported hurt.

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