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Thabit Ahmed Mohammed Al-Samawi (Thabet Ahmed Mohamed Al- Samawi), Local Law Enforcement, died on September 17, 2008, in Sanaa, Yemen. He was killed in an assault against U.S. Embassy Sanaa. Yemeni Government image

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