CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Now to the deadly attack on Americans in Yemen. A self-described Islamic fundamentalist says that he killed the aid workers to -- quote -- "get closer to God." The dead are Dr. Martha Myers of Montgomery, Alabama, an obstetrician at the Baptist Mission Hospital, William Koehn, hospital administrator from Arlington, Texas, and Kathleen Gariety of Wisconsin, the business manager there. Her brother expresses anger and grief.</s>JEROME GARIETY, KATHY'S BROTHER: That some ruthless human being, if you can call him a human being, can just come in and take her life and the other two lives, you know, for no reason at all. I don't understand what goes on in this world</s>CALLAWAY: And our Rula Amin is in the Yemeni capital with a reaction to yesterday's deadly hospital shooting there.</s>RULA AMIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Yes, professional investigators are working alongside Yemeni investigators on the ground in Jibla, where the three missionaries were killed. Initial investigations, according to Yemeni sources, said that this was not linked to al Qaeda, but this individual was encouraged by al Qaeda</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yesterday, the government laid out in the People's Assembly a very, very strong case against terrorism and the harm that terrorism has been to Yemeni interests, and calling upon all political parties and political forces in Yemen to make common cause with the government to counter and eliminate this terrorism.</s>AMIN: The U.S. ambassador also said that the embassy had urged Americans to exercise extra caution, to keep a low profile, to stay away from places where foreigners usually gather, because Yemen is considered a dangerous place for Americans. Rula Amin, CNN, Sama'a.
Americans Killed in Attack in Yemen