SAN'A, Yemen -- The U.S. and Britain locked up their embassies in Yemen on Sunday after fresh threats from al-Qaida, and the White House expressed alarm at the terror group's expanded reach in the poor Arab nation where an offshoot apparently ordered the Christmas Day plot against a U.S. airliner.
U.S., U.K. close Yemen embassies
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U.S., U.K. close Yemen embassies
U.S., U.K. close Yemen embassies
Yemeni soldiers on top of a truck patrol the road in front of the main entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the capital San'a, Yemen in this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo.
Posted: Sunday, January 3, 2010 4:25 pm | Updated: 3:47 am, Sat Oct 8, 2011.
Posted in Nation world on Sunday, January 3, 2010 4:25 pm. Updated: 3:47 am.
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