官員：基地組織領導人的通信使美國發出防恐警告

U.S. media reports say intercepted communications between al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri and the head of the terrorist group's offshoot in Yemen prompted the Obama administration to close dozens of U.S. diplomatic posts and issue a worldwide travel alert.

The reports said that al-Zawahri ordered Nasir al-Wuhayshi, the leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, to carry out an attack as early as this past Sunday. Al-Wuhayshi was recently elevated by al-Zawahri as al-Qaida's second-ranked leader.

Analysts say the communications indicate that al-Zawahri is working through al-Qaida's regional affiliates now that the core group has been substantially weakened.

Some embassies were reopened Monday after a day-long shutdown, including posts in Algiers, Baghdad, Dhaka, and Kabul. Nineteen others will stay closed including Amman, Cairo and Sanaa, and Tripoli.

The State Department says it is keeping the 19 embassies closed "out of an abundance of caution." Spokeswoman Marie Harf says officials will keep analyzing intelligence as it evaluates security needs.美國媒體報道說，美國情報部門截獲了基地組織首領扎瓦希裏與基地組織也門分支負責人之間的通訊內容，這一事態促使奧巴馬政府關閉了20幾個美國使領館，併發布了世界範圍的旅行警告。

報道說，在阿拉伯半島的扎瓦希裏命令烏哈伊什最早在剛剛過去的這個星期天發動襲擊。烏哈伊什最近被扎瓦希裏提升爲基地組織的第二號首領。

分析人士說，截獲的通訊內容顯示，由於基地組織的核心已被大大削弱，扎瓦希裏目前是通過基地組織的地區分支進行操縱。

在關閉一整天后，一些美國大使館星期一重新開放，其中包括阿爾及爾、巴格達、達卡和喀布爾。其他19個使領館繼續關閉，包括安曼、開羅、薩那和的黎波里。

美國國務院說，繼續關閉19個大使館是“出於極其謹慎”的考慮。國務院發言人瑪麗•哈爾夫說，官員們將在對安全需要進行評估時繼續對情報進行分析。