US military evacuates embassy personnel from Yemen

August 6, 2013 at 9:33a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military evacuated non-essential U.S. government personnel from Yemen today due to the high risk of attack by al-Qaida that has triggered temporary shutdowns of 19 American diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa. The State Department said in a travel warning that it ordered the evacuation “due to the continued potential for terrorist attacks” and said U.S. citizens in Yemen should leave immediately because of an “extremely high” security threat level.