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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
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Subject: Yemen - Travel Warning, 1/28/99
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Yemen - Travel Warning
January 28, 1999
The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to consider whether they
should travel to Yemen in light of several recent incidents involving
Americans and other foreigners.
Sixteen Western tourists, including two Americans, were abducted in
southern Yemen on December 28, 1998 by an anti-western terrorist group.
Four of the tourists died in a subsequent clash between the terrorists
and Yemeni government forces. Several of the terrorists were captured.
In a related case, six extremists were arrested by Yemeni authorities on
December 23, 1998, and accused of planning to bomb Western targets in
Yemen. Trials for both groups began in Yemen in late January 1999.
Other anti-western terrorists are still at large in Yemen, and those
sympathetic to the arrested extremists have called publicly for attacks
on Westerners in Yemen. As these incidents indicate, the level of risk
for foreigners in Yemen is very high.
More than 100 kidnappings have occurred throughout Yemen since 1991,
mainly conducted by armed tribesmen with specific grievances against the
Yemeni government. These kidnappings are normally resolved peacefully,
but tribesmen have held some foreigners for extended periods.
Those Americans who have considered this warning but nevertheless decide
travel to Yemen is essential should exercise a very high level of
caution. They should make security arrangements in advance with their
sponsoring organization in Yemen, vary routes and times of daily
commute, and travel between cities only by air or with an armed escort.
Americans in Yemen should also ensure they are registered with the
American Embassy in Sanaa, and remain in contact with the Embassy for
updated security information.
For further information on travel to Yemen, please consult the
Department of State9s latest Consular Information Sheet for Yemen.
This replaces the December 30, 1998 Public Announcement for Yemen.
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