The US State Department on Friday ordered non-essential personnel out of its consulate in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. The United States government also issued a travel warning for Pakistan on the State Departments website, saying foreign and indigenous terrorist groups posed a potential danger to US citizens throughout Pakistan. On August 2, the US closed 19 US diplomatic outposts in 16 countries and told nonessential staff in the US embassy in Yemen to evacuate, warning that al Qaeda may be planning attacks in the month of August.