Bomber’s ID

News Yemen is reporting that the suicide bomber was named Ali Muhsin al-Ahamd and was born in San’a in 1990.

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

News Yemen is reporting that the suicide bomber was named Ali Muhsin al-Ahamd and was born in San'a in 1990.

News Yemen is reporting that the suicide bomber was named Ali Muhsin al-Ahamd and was born in San’a in 1990.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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