But don't worry, unlike you Obama will be well protected from al Qaeda on his Martha's Vineyard lux vacay this month.
I thought the half-breed told us we are not at war with Islamic maggots but are engaged in a Overseas Contingency Operation.
How could a Contingency Operation expose us to any danger?
These are some so-called hired MB/Morsi protester thugs hitting the Egyptian TV Station ‘today’...shattered all the glass and set fires....you can see they are set to destroy.... said they caught some of them now...but this is unprovoked ......what’s going on in Egypt has enraged the terrorists worldwide.....our news won’t show how widespread this is....then they wonder why such force has to be used against them...they don’t understand anything else to their own hurt.
Video is short...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhIztLKSQ88
Rep. Peter King NY just stated on CNN that this is a threat unlike any he has seen since 0911/11. Could not give details but states that anyone in any part of the world should be on alert.
Hmmm... the NSA get some bad pub and all of a sudden they uncover this plot. Boy, I’ll never question the TSA again!
This doesn’t pass the laugh test.
That Youtube video guy must be out of jail and making movies again.
But Barry gave a speech! All is good/s
I was curious since one of my ‘kids’ is flying back to the US tomorrow from North Africa, then will be heading in 2 weeks to a heavily populated Muslim nation. So I went to the State Dept website for more info.
NOT A DAMNED THING on its home page about the terror threat and/or worldwide travel warning. BUT, there you can find Secy JFnK’s notice that , ‘effective immediately’ all visa and passport application applications of same sex married couples will be handled in the same manner as different-sex married couples.
I don’t feel worlds safer now.
Enjoying my travels in Israel so far. It’s fine to be viligant but not to be paranoid.
Closing the embassies is likely related to the exploding situation in Cairo....the Egyptian military today (talk about an unreported story!) is moving heavily against the Muslim Brotherhood.....could create a firestorm in the near term.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3039526/posts?q=1&;page=2201
Did we lose the color coded alert system?
Time to frighten the little sheep. An even scarier thought is maybe time for more. Anyone think corrupt ambitious leaders of nation states and their operatives are not up to killing their own to advance political agendas?
The administration needs to change the mindset of those 55% who see Snowden as a whistle blower and are weary of a WOT that has cost us trillions too much, and never should of occurred in the first place.
“But don’t worry, unlike you Obama will be well protected from al Qaeda on his Martha’s Vineyard lux vacay this month.”
70-75 rooms reserved just for this vacation.
Which is what happened in Benghazi. The Red Cross and European embassies closed. We sent an ambassador to secret weapons to our Syrian “allies”.
On the news shows this morning, the gall of these “White House sources” citing Benghazi when talking about this latest terrorist threat. No one there should even be allowed to utter the word. Then mentioning the president is being kept up to date on the situation. Right, until he has something or someone more important to do.
Funny how they only seem to care about govt buildings (except for Benghazi, which they will say was a rental and not n embassy or whatever is their excuse).
Hey Soetoro! I thought you said we won? /S
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Kristinn, BBC seems to be saying the alert is global/world wide not just in the middle east.:
BBC News - US worldwide travel alert over fear of al-Qaeda attack
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US worldwide travel alert over fear of al-Qaeda The US alert said the risk was particularly great in the Middle East and North Africa
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The US state department has issued a global travel alert because of fears of an unspecified al-Qaeda attack.
The department said the potential for an attack was particularly strong in the Middle East and North Africa.
The US intercepted electronic communications between senior al-Qaeda figures, according to officials quoted by the New York Times.
The alert comes shortly after the US announced nearly two dozen embassies and consulates would be shut on Sunday.
The US state department said the alert expires on 31 August 2013 and it recommended US citizens travelling abroad be vigilant.
“Current information suggests that al-Qaeda and affiliated organisations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond, and that they may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August,” the statement said.
The alert warned of “the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure”.
In its report, the New York Times says high-level intercepts were collected and analysed this week and that the CIA, state department and White House immediately recognised their significance.
Meanwhile, the UK Foreign Office has confirmed that the British embassy in Yemen is to be closed on Sunday and Monday as “a precautionary measure”.
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Kim Ghattas
BBC News, Washington
It’s not unusual for the state department to issue travel warnings, ranging from a caution to an alert. But this one is both wide-ranging and somewhat specific, as it comes after the announcement that 21 US embassies and consulates will be closed in the Middle East and North Africa.
The alert is based on intelligence that goes beyond the usual chatter, according to lawmakers, but the state department is also acting out of an abundance of caution.
Last year, the US issued a worldwide warning about potential violence ahead of the anniversary of 11 September 2001 attacks. Violent protests against an anti-Muslim video also erupted in Cairo and Tunis. Then, in Benghazi, on 11 September, the US ambassador to Libya was killed in an attack. In the aftermath, US officials said there was no “actionable” intelligence about an impending attack.
US President Barack Obama has ordered that “all appropriate steps” be taken to protect Americans in response to a threat of an al-Qaeda attack, AFP news agency quoted a White House official as saying.
“The president is being updated on a potential threat occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula,” the official added.
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, said that congressional leaders had been briefed about the alert.
“There is some understanding of the seriousness of the threat,” she told reporters.
Republican lawmaker Jason Chaffetz said he understood there was “a very real worldwide threat”.
Dutch Ruppersberger, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said the threat was not prompted by “the regular chit chat” gleaned from would-be militants online or elsewhere.
“The most important thing we have to do is protect American lives,” he told the Associated Press news agency.
‘Abundance of caution’
An unnamed senior US official told NBC the threat may be related to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which ends next week.
In the Muslim world, Sunday is a work day. In other parts of the world US diplomatic offices are shut on Sunday.
“It is possible we may have additional days of closing as well,” a senior state department official told the BBC on Thursday.
US Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames 11 September 2012 Four Americans died in an attack last year on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya
The official said the state department had “been apprised of information” leading it to take these “precautionary steps... out of an abundance of caution”.
Last year on 11 September, the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked, leaving four Americans dead.
Other embassies are routinely targets of protesters.
The US diplomatic missions to be closed on Sunday are in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Algiers, Algeria; Amman, Jordan; Baghdad, Iraq; Cairo, Egypt; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Djibouti, Djibouti; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Doha, Qatar; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Irbil, Iraq; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Kabul, Afghanistan; Khartoum, Sudan; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Manama, Bahrain; Muscat, Oman; Nouakchott, Mauritania; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Sanaa, Yemen and Tripoli, Libya.
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With the recent revelation of NSA spying I have a feeling this is more of a test so that terrorists can determine where the leaks in their communication infrastructure are.