US embassy closures a window into threat concern

By Matthew Lee

Published August 7, 2013 12:23am ET

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US embassy closures a window into threat concern — FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, a Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen. The U.S. military evacuated non-essential U.S. government personnel from Yemen on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, due to the high threat of attack by al-Qaida that has triggered temporary shutdowns of 19 American diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File) | Hani Mohammed

WASHINGTON (AP) — The map of closed American embassies — and those that remain open — in the Middle East and Africa provides a window into the Obama administration’s concern about a potentially imminent al-Qaida terrorist attack on overseas U.S. interests.

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