11.   One Yemeni official cautioned that the links to bin Laden fell far short of establishing that bin Laden had played any direct role in the attack.

12.   Still, one top Yemeni official acknowledged that the bombing may have had deeper roots within Yemen.

13.   Some Yemeni officials were put off by his aggressive approach and were reportedly reluctant to give information about suspected terrorists.

14.   The rescue attempt by Yemeni officials left three British and one Australian dead.

15.   The Yemeni official who disclosed the letter also said some Yemeni security officials failed to cooperate fully with American investigators.

16.   Top Yemeni officials have visited the Emirates recently in the hope of tracking down Harazi, who is said to have left Yemen four days before the bombing.

17.   Yemeni officials also said they had searched a house near the harbor that they have tentatively identified as the place where the bomb was assembled.

18.   Yemeni officials helped their American counterparts learn the places of birth of the suspected terrorists who hold Yemeni passports, Al-Shawkani said.

19.   Yemeni officials said the car was registered to a woman from Somalia, across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen.

20.   Yemeni officials said there was only so much Saleh could do on his own.