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Arabia
Yemen halts port entry visas over Qaeda threats
2010-01-22
[Al Arabiya Latest] Yemen announced on Thursday that it would suspend granting entry visas to foreign travelers at the country's international airports in order to "halt terrorist infiltration," the Saba state news agency reported.

The measure comes as pressure mounts on Yemen to crack down on al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which is entrenched in mountain redoubts east of the capital and claimed responsibility for the botched Christmas Day bid to down a U.S. airliner over Detroit.

"Yemen has stopped granting visas at the airport to halt terrorist infiltration," Saba said.

Entry visas would only be granted now through Yemen embassies abroad after travelers would be subject to background security checks, Saba reported.
Yemen has a security data base? How unexpected.
The measure was meant to "prevent the infiltration of any suspected terrorist elements," a military official was quoted as saying by the defense ministry newspaper September 26 as saying.

Six airports in Yemen receive international flights.
Posted by:Fred

#1  WORLD NEWS > AL QAEDA'S DEEP TRIBAL TIES MAKES YEMEN A TERROR HUB.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-01-22 22:42  

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