WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American diplomats last year proposed that 23 people in Australia be subjected to U.S. air travel curbs due to suspected contacts with Islamic militants in Yemen, a leaked State Department cable says.
Six of the Australian citizens and residents named in the Jan. 21, 2010 cable are women. The document says that one of the reasons security authorities believe the women should be subjected to U.S. air travel restrictions is because al Qaeda's Yemen-based affiliate has been scouting for female recruits.