UAE Embassy shut down...developing story

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The report is that the US UAE embassy has been completely shutdown, besides the security detachment, because of terror threat. The threat including the possibly use of unconventional weapons. Also a marine FAST team has been put on alert to be deployed....developing story

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I can't remember which one but a UK embassy has shut down in an arab country and moved to a hotel. Could be linked?

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It's the one in Algeria;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3555877.stm


also found this on US embassy in UAE





'Threat' shuts US embassy in UAE

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The US embassy in the United Arab Emirates has been shut because of "a specific threat".
"The embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General in Dubai have temporarily suspended operations... " the official statement said.

The statement said this was "in light of a specific threat to the embassy in Abu Dhabi".

The US has warned that Americans may be the target of attacks after the killing of Hamas spiritual head Sheikh Yassin.

An embassy spokeswoman said the UAE the security situation would be reviewed over Thursday and Friday, when the US offices regularly close, to determine whether it would reopen on Saturday.

"We have no specific threat information against the American community in the UAE," the spokeswoman added.