Yemeni government forces killed two suspected Qaeda militants on Monday and wounded others in a firefight 25 miles north of the capital, Yemeni officials said, tying the militants to the continuing threats directed against the United States and British Embassies here.Do these people get paid for this crap? Closing embassies has nothing to do with weakness. This commentary is asinine.
Those embassies remained closed on Monday for a second day, and the French, German and Japanese embassies largely or entirely closed their embassies to the public. NYT
The fight was taken to Al Qaeda: