UN closes some offices in Yemen
Photo: Yemen's al-Qaeda supporters - Yemeni tribesmen
At first blush you might think yesterday's attack on the tanker Takayama off the east coast of Yemen was the reason the United Nations put up blast walls around its main headquarters and closed some of its offices in Yemen.
Actually, the UN, as well as other foreign entities, has had security problems in the country for some time. Earlier this month there was an attack on a housing complex (including U.N. buildings) for Western diplomats in Yemen's capital and in March a failed mortar attack on the U.S. Embassy injured 13 schoolgirls from a nearby highschool.
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