Security officials in Yemen have foiled a plan by fighters linked to al-Qaeda to bomb an air base used by US soldiers in the southern province of Lahj to train local forces in combating terrorism, officials have said.
A military official disclosing information on condition of anonymity said a car packed with explosives was discovered on Saturday in a wooded area near the gate of al-Anad air base.
He added that it had apparently been "smuggled in several days ago".
"We foiled an attack by a car packed with explosives that managed to breach several security checkpoints leading into the air base.
"The attack was to be implemented today (Saturday)" and "Americans on the base were the target of the attack," he added.
Lahj governor Ahmed Abdallah al-Majidi was quoted on the ministry website "The military police defeated an afternoon attack on the al-Anad base."
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