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Well MamaDearest, you will be happy to know the ARE running ads in the Toledo area, on the radio at least. I barely watch TV, so I can't say on that front.

As a matter of fact, the DHS messages run more often than the political ads. at least once an hour, more frequently during the 3-6pm rush hour.

It started just before easter and has continued until the present.

Well I feel so much safer now. Wonder why he didn't make this speech in the US?

FBI issues warning to al-Qaeda

BEIJING (AFP) - US Federal Bureau of Investigation chief Robert Mueller Wednesday warned al-Qaeda against unleashing terrorist strikes ahead of US presidential elections while alerting Asia to potential attacks by extremist Islamic groups.
"We want al-Qaeda to know that while the threat level may not go up, the United States will be on high alert," Mueller told journalists in Beijing.

"If you (al-Qaeda) do come to the United States and do believe that you can undertake a terrorist attack, we will be on you, we will be there overseeing you and we will be following you."

Of specific concern would be the national conventions of the Republican and Democratic Parties ahead of the US presidential elections in November, and the Athens Olympic Games, he said.

Mueller's statements came as he ended a three-day visit to Beijing -- the first-ever to China by an FBI director -- aimed at expanding anti-terrorism cooperation with Chinese law enforcement agencies.

"While there have not been any specific threats, dates and time and the like, we cannot discount the threat being made," he said, referring to recent audio tapes attributed to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants.

He said the US was concerned that al-Qaeda may be emboldened to strike around US elections after bombings in Madrid last month killed some 200 train commuters ahead of Spain going to the polls, an act seen as influencing the election loss of the conservative government.

"The United States must be vigilant to assure that al-Qaeda does not think that it can undertake the same thing to the United States," Mueller said.

"We in the FBI ... are putting together plans to increase the protection and the security of the United States all the way through to the fall."

He further warned Asian countries of a terrorism threat in the region, while alerting Beijing of a threat from Islamic fundamentalism in China.

"Just because you have not seen substantial terrorist attacks in China does not mean there could not be in the future or in other countries in Asia," Mueller said.

Terrorists were "individuals who may subscribe to a greater or lesser degree to extremist Islamic fundamentalism," he said, including al-Qaeda, the group responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.

"There are certainly individuals in China who could be described as having that same mindset as well as a desire to utilise terrorist acts to further their agenda whether you call it al-Qaeda or a group loosely affiliated with al-Qaeda," he said.

He refused to comment on whether he specifically discussed with his Chinese counterparts Muslim groups in China's westernmost Xinjiang region, or a recent demand by Beijing for Washington to list several groups linked to a Xinjiang independence movement as international terrorist groups.

"Al-Qaeda, or al-Qaeda-affiliated groups, are spread throughout the world," Mueller said.

"They might not be tightly tied to al-Qaeda, but they may nonetheless share al-Qaeda's world view and the desire to kill Americans, or Chinese, or Australians or others.

"Our view is that there is a threat and continuing threat and we will do all within our power, including with our counterparts overseas, to address and eradicate that threat."

Well notch one for Toledo. My part of the country has seen zip, zero, nada, nothing of the kind. Toledo's stamp of importance on the education of its citizens concerning terrorism threats should be a model for other cities to follow from what you are saying.