5th January 2010 - U.S. Says Yemen Raid Allowed Embassy Opening (NYT)


The American embassy in Yemen, closed for fears of a terrorist attack, re-opened following Yemeni airstrikes which killed at least two Al Qaeda militants thought to be behind the imminent terrorist attack. "Placed strategically on the Arabian Peninsula's southern rim, Yemen is trying to fight a threat from resurgent al Qaeda fighters while a Shi'ite revolt rages in the north and separatist sentiment simmers in the south."

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