Yemen ramps up airport security

Yemen is stepping up security measures at the Sanaa international airport, after the al-Qaeda in Arabic Peninsula threatened more attacks on American targets.

The country had also come under criticism after a Nigerian allegedly attempted to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day after it was revealed that the suspect had undergone training in Yemen.

In a country where carrying weapons or daggers is a tradition, security guards at airports are taking no chances.

Brand-new state of the art equipment - including advanced screening machines and a device capable of detecting various explosives - have been installed and travellers are being thoroughly searched.

But is tighter airport security the answer to al-Qaeda threats?

Many say the country must also address the issues that spawn radicalism and extremism.

[February 18, 2010]

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