Attack Will Force Security Reassessments

September 2008 | Political Risk Alert

Foreigners and their employers in Yemen will have to reassess their security arrangements following the assault on the US embassy last Wednesday (September 17) that killed 19 people, including six militants. Already this has prompted the UK to temporarily shut its embassy in Sana'a while security at the building is upgraded. It is not as if foreigners have been previously unaware of the terrorist threat, but last week's events will certainly concentrate their minds on the

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