Both the US and UK have closed their embassies in Yemen after receiving reports that al-Qaeda may be planning an attack there. The failed Christmas Day attack in which a 23-year-old Nigerian is accused of trying to blow up a US passenger jet has drawn attention to the growing terror threat in Yemen, as the suspect in that attack claims to have been trained by al-Qaeda there. In light of this increasing danger, the US and UK have agreed to jointly fund a counterterrorism police force in Yemen