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Yemen dismisses Al Qaeda threat as 'exaggerated'
US shuts embassy as al-Qaeda 'plans attack in Yemen'
The US and British embassies in Sana'a closed their doors after receiving intelligence of possible al Qaeda attacks. Britain has deployed counterterroism teams to Yemen to aid in the targeting al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. More than 20 Britons are thought to have trained in Yemeni terror camps over the past several months.
MI5 knew of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab™s UK extremist links
The new Al-Qaeda chiefs bringing terror to the world
Profile: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Somalia-based Shabaab vowed to send fighters to Yemen to battle the US and Yemeni security forces. The US will double the $70 million in security aid to Yemen this year, according to US CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus.
I shall send hundreds of men to fight alongside our neighbours, vows al-Qaeda ally in Somalia
Focus on Internet imams as recruiters for Al Qaeda
Yemeni security forces claimed to have captured an al Qaeda operative during a raid in the western province of Hudaydah. The US government is actively investigating Anwar al Awlaki's ties to the Christmas Day airliner bombing plot. Awlaki is a US citizen.
Bomb plot 'ringleaders' were freed from Guantanamo Bay
Former Gitmo detainee killed in Yemen while plotting attack on British embassy
A former Gitmo detainee, Hani Abdo Shaalan, was killed in Yemen as he was reportedly preparing to participate in an attack on the British embassy and other Western targets. At Gitmo, Shaalan admitted that he worked for the Taliban yet downplayed his role, but evidence indicates he was recruited and trained by the Taliban.Airline plot hatched in Yemen creates turmoil in US
Yemen's foreign minister said hundreds of al Qaeda operatives are based in the country. "There are maybe hundreds of them: 200, 300 -- I don't have real (hard) figures," Foreign Minister Abubakr al Qirbi said. Anwar al Alwaki reportedly provided religious justification for the Christmas Day airline plot.
Anwar al Awlaki 'blessed' Christmas day airline bombing attempt
Yemen permits wanted al Qaeda leaders to operate in the open
The Yemeni government has resisted extraditing three wanted al Qaeda operatives and a top spiritual leader to the US. The four al Qaeda-linked terrorists and a dangerous US born cleric have operated openly in Yemen for years.'Hundreds of al-Qaeda militants planning attacks from Yemen'
Northwest Airlines bomb photos
Al-Qaida in Yemen expands operations
