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The US State Department ordered the evacuation of all nonessential embassy personnel following a mortar attack on a residential complex housing western diplomats and oil workers. The US Embassy was targeted by mortars in mid-March. No injuries were sustained in either attack. In an Internet statement, al Qaeda in Yemen claimed Sunday's mortar attack was in retaliation for the May 2007 death of Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah in Afghanistan.