US embassy closures: How big is the al-Qaeda threat?

Name: US embassy closures: How big is the al-Qaeda threat?
Uploaded: 2013-08-05T16:42:47.000Z
Duration: 54 s
Description: As the US keeps a number of its embassies shut in North Africa and the Middle East, the BBC looks at the scale of the al-Qaeda threat.

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The US says it will keep a number of embassies in North Africa and the Middle East closed until Saturday, due to a possible militant threat.

The State Department in Washington says "an abundance of caution" has been its guiding principle.

So what is the scale of the threat from al-Qaeda?

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5 August 2013