A general view of the British embassy in Sanaa (Reuters / Ahmed Jadallah)
U.S. Embassies In Muslim World Reopen Amid Still-Murky Threats -- McClatchy News
CAIRO — Eighteen of the 19 U.S. embassies and consulates reopened Sunday after being shut down for a week across the Islamic world because of a terrorist threat.
Even as the diplomatic posts inched toward normal operations, and as Muslims celebrated the end of the holy month of Ramadan, questions lingered about how pressing the danger had been and whether the threat had yet passed.
The U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, the same nation from which a threat from an al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula earlier this month spurred the State Department to close its facilities, remained closed.
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My Comment: The key line in this report is the following ....
.... A high-ranking Yemeni security official speaking on the condition of anonymity told McClatchy that the claims of a foiled plot had no basis in fact. That source bemusedly attributed media reports about imminent terror strikes to a single official’s comments, which he cast as a misguided attempt at shifting public opinion in the face of increasing and unpopular American drone strikes.
Mind you .... this quote is coming from a high-ranking Yemeni security official speaking on the condition of anonymity .... and while I am giving the administration the benefit of the doubt .... you have to wonder.
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