The Australian and Canadian embassies in Amman, Jordan, closed Jan. 8, a day after Britain closed its embassy in Amman, citing indications that terrorists were in the "advanced stages" of planning an attack against Westerners in the country. Although the U.S. Embassy remains open, the State Department issued a Warden Message on Jan. 7 advising U.S. citizens of "ongoing security concerns" in Jordan. For their part, Jordanian officials said they have analyzed the threat indicators and that they do not believe the closures were warranted. This is a standard reaction from governments in the region — such as was seen after the Dec. 30 closure of the U.S. Embassy in Malaysia — that hope to downplay the threat in order to safeguard the reputation of their security forces and also to avoid investor flight.