U.S. feels threatened by Yemen

Source: U.S. embassy closure followed terror threat

The United States embassy in Yemen is closed due to a tip that four Al Qaeda operatives would be using the embassy as a target. A possible number of eight terrorists were predicted to be involved. Britain, Japan, France, Spain and Germany also either limited access or increased security of their Yemen embassies. "What we've seen over the past several years in Yemen is an increasing strengthening of al Qaeda forces in Yemen" according to John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. The threat of a bombing or attack was too great, so America shut the place down.

The United States has every right to be worried about attacks in the middle east. The attacks are coming from people who want to make a statement about the U.S. We are obviously not very popular in that area of the world right now and if we continue to wage war in the middle east, we must be prepared for a lot of opposition. Yemen has a tumltuous history that maybe the United States has not heeded in the past. Pulling our embassy is a smart step to keep Americans safe. Yemen has attacked the building previously. Though the attackers were deterred, it doesn't mean that a group that is wiser, faster and with a bigger motive wouldn't want to do the job themselves.

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