Six Yemeni soldiers killed in attack in oil region

SANAA, July 25 | Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:41pm EDT

SANAA, July 25 (Reuters) - Six Yemeni soldiers were killed on Sunday in an attack in Shabwa province, site of many of Yemen's oil installations, but there was no immediate report of any damage to the facilities, a local official said.

"Al Qaeda is believed to have been behind the attack," said the official, who asked not the named.

(Reporting by Mohammed al Ghobari; writing by Firouz Sedarat)

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