After days of security alarms and the closure of American embassies, the United States on Tuesday ordered “non-emergency” government personnel to leave Yemen and urged its citizens living there to leave the country immediately.
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The warning on the State Department Web site came a day after officials in Washington said the United States had intercepted electronic communications in which the head of Al Qaeda ordered the leader of the group’s affiliate in Yemen to carry out an attack as early as this past Sunday.
Consequently the Obama administration decided last week to close nearly two dozen diplomatic missions and issue a worldwide travel alert.
In its latest update on Tuesday, the State Department warned United States citizens of “the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities and civil unrest.” It urged Americans “to defer travel to Yemen and those U.S. citizens currently living in Yemen to depart immediately.”
“On August 6, 2013, the Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel from Yemen due to the continued potential for terrorist attacks,” the State Department said in a statement.
U.S. Urges Americans to Leave Yemen
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