The country's Supreme Security Committee issued a statement saying it had information al Qaeda was plotting attacks during Eid al-Fitr, this week's Muslim holiday that marks the end of the Ramadan fasting month.

The committee also published a list of 25 senior al Qaeda militants it said were being sought by security forces and offered a bounty of 5 million Yemeni riyals ($23,000) for information leading to their capture.

"Information has become available that terrorist elements of the al Qaeda network were planning to carry out terrorist acts targeting public installations and facilities, especially in a number of Yemeni provinces, in the latter days of the holy month of Ramadan and during the Eid al-Fitr holiday," it said.

据英国路透社8月6日报道，美国空军8月6日出动飞机将部分美国驻也门外交人员撤回，华盛顿还敦促美国公民立即离开也门。

五角大楼发言人乔治·利特尔在声明中称，美国空军应国务院的请求从也门首都萨那撤离了部分人员。声明说：“美国国防部依然有人在也门驻扎，支持美国国务院，监控安全形势。”

美国国务院在网站发表声明说：“国务院力劝美国公民推迟前往也门，并敦促目前居住在也门的美国公民立即撤离。因恐怖袭击的威胁持续上升，2013年8月6日，美国国务院下令美国政府驻也门的非紧急人员撤离。”

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