U.S. and British embassies close in Yemen

This past Sunday, the U.S. and British embassies in Yemen closed due to a "specific, credible, and ongoing threat." Shortly after the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight by a 23-year-old Nigerian man, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the U.S. government linked the suspect to al Qaeda in Yemen and the Yemen-base al Qaeda took responsibility. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that Britain will work with America to support the Yemeni government in its efforts to fight terrorism.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/03/yemen.us.embassy/index.html

By: Sam Lent