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August 6, 2013 8:22 am

US State Department Urges All Citizens to Leave Yemen Due to Al Qaeda Threat

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Sanaa, Yemen. Photo: WikiCommons

Fox News – The State Department on Tuesday ordered most embassy personnel out of Yemen and urged all U.S. citizens currently in that country to leave over the Al Qaeda threat that triggered the shutdown of 19 American diplomatic posts this week. The U.S. Air Force already has flown State Department personnel out of the capital of Sanaa as part of the broad evacuation effort.

“The U.S. Department of Defense continues to have personnel on the ground in Yemen to support the U.S. State Department and monitor the security situation,” Pentagon spokesman George Little said.

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