TheRussianRocket. Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-292998/ The State Department issued a world-wide travel alert Friday, citing the potential threat of attack from al Qaeda threat. Here is the text of the alert. "August 2, 2013 The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the continued potential for terrorist attacks, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, and possibly occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula. Current information suggests that al-Qa’ida and affiliated organizations 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. This Travel Alert expires on August 31, 2013. Terrorists may elect to use a variety of means and weapons and target both official and private interests. U.S. citizens are reminded of the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure. Terrorists have targeted and attacked subway and rail systems, as well as aviation and maritime services. U.S. citizens should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings and to adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves when traveling. We continue to work closely with other nations on the threat from international terrorism, including from al-Qa’ida. Information is routinely shared between the U.S. and our key partners in order to disrupt terrorist plotting, identify and take action against potential operatives, and strengthen our defenses against potential threats. We recommend U.S. citizens register their travel plans with the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy through the State Department’s travel registration website. We strongly recommend that U.S. citizens Traveling abroad enroll in the Department of State’s Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP). STEP enrollment gives you the latest security updates, and makes it easier for the U.S. embassy or nearest U.S. consulate to contact you in an emergency. If you don’t have Internet access, enroll directly with the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. For the latest security information, U.S. citizens traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department of State’s Internet website at travel.state.gov where the Worldwide Caution, Country Specific Information, Travel Warnings, and Travel Alerts can be found. Follow us on Twitter and the Bureau of Consular Affairs page on Facebook as well. Download our free Smart Traveler app, available through iTunes or Google Play, to have travel information at your fingertips. In addition to information on the internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada or, from other countries, on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Monday through Friday, Eastern Time (except U.S. federal holidays)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 If any nation could use a month of fasting, it's the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Alert alert - somewhere someone (probably muslim) may or may not do something bad - alert level Red! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampage Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 sounds like they want to sneak another bill in this month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Habitat Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderTwinPowers Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Stay in your houses lock your doors and live in fear!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Stay in your houses lock your doors and live in fear!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/02/world/meast/yemen-al-qaeda/ Quote from another source: Planning attack by Al Qaeda in Yemen in final planning stages, be careful out there. Unknown location they say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Ed Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 I guess tinfoil prices were dropping so this will give the market a much needed boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks#01fan Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Just another scare tactic, wonder what the motive is this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Hint: The Death of Cash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbal23 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 LOL. US government fear mongering at its best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totes McGoats Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Well, here's the thing. Terrorist attacks do happen... however, the ones you hear about are the ones that you shouldn't worry about. It's the quiet ones, those are the ones that kill people. In other words, if the USA gov has announced to the world that something is being threatened... it's not happening. What I have a hard time understanding is why Al-Queda or whatever has so much trouble keeping things quiet. If I wanted to pull off a terrorist attack.... it would be a piece of cake. Nobody would ever know. Not that I would.. but I think anyone with half a brain can strap together a fertilizer bomb and blow up an embassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyledude Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Gee I wonder if the "terrorists" are plotting to use those heat-seeking missiles the US gave them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 CBS News' John Miller reports terrorists behind embassy threat in place. http://cbsn.ws/11Dxg1R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdehaan Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 From the NY Times: August 2, 2013 Qaeda Messages Prompt U.S. Terror Warning By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON — The United States intercepted electronic communications this week among senior operatives of Al Qaeda, in which the terrorists discussed attacks against American interests in the Middle East and North Africa, American officials said Friday. The intercepts and a subsequent analysis of them by American intelligence agencies prompted the United States to issue an unusual global travel alert to American citizens on Friday, warning of the potential for terrorist attacks by operatives of Al Qaeda and their associates beginning Sunday through the end of August. Intelligence officials said the threat focused on the Qaeda affiliate in Yemen, which has been tied to plots to blow up American-bound cargo and commercial flights. The bulletin to travelers and expatriates, issued by the State Department, came less than a day after the department announced that it was closing nearly two dozen American diplomatic missions in the Middle East and North Africa, including facilities in Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Britain said Friday that it would close its embassy in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday because of “increased security concerns.” It is unusual for the United States to come across discussions among senior Qaeda operatives about operational planning — through informants, intercepted e-mails or eavesdropping on cellphone calls. So when the high-level intercepts were collected and analyzed this week, senior officials at the C.I.A., State Department and White House immediately seized on their significance. Members of Congress have been provided classified briefings on the matter, officials said Friday. “This was a lot more than the usual chatter,” said one senior American official who had been briefed on the information but would not provide details. Spokesmen for the State Department and the C.I.A. also declined to comment on the intercepts. The importance of the intercepts was underscored by a speech that the Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, posted on jihadist forums on Tuesday. In his address, Mr. Zawahri called for attacks on American interests in response to its military actions in the Muslim world and American drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors statements by jihadists. Security analysts said Friday that in the aftermath of the furor over the Obama administration’s handling of the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, the State Department is now more likely to publicize threat warnings when deemed credible, both to alert the public and to help deter any imminent attacks. “A decision to close this many embassies and issue a global travel warning for a month suggests the threat is real, advanced and imminent but the intelligence is incomplete on where,” said Bruce Riedel, a former C.I.A. case officer and a Brookings Institution scholar. The embassy closings come toward the end of the Ramadan holidays and the approaching first anniversary of the terror attack Sept. 11 on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. “We are particularly concerned about the security situation in the final days of Ramadan and into Eid,” the British Foreign Office said in a statement, referring to the Muslim holy month that ends Wednesday evening. Obama administration officials publicly declined to discuss what specific information had prompted the increased alarm and alerts, citing a desire to protect classified sources and methods. But intercepting electronic communications is one of the National Security Agency’s main jobs, as the documents leaked by Edward J. Snowden, a former N.S.A. contractor, have only underscored. At the request of intelligence officials, The New York Times withheld some details about the intercepted communications. Some analysts and Congressional officials suggested Friday that emphasizing a terrorist threat now was a good way to divert attention from the uproar over the N.S.A.'s data-collection programs, and that if it showed the intercepts had uncovered a possible plot, even better. The bulletin by the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs did not advise against travel to any particular country, but it warned Americans to be particularly mindful of their surroundings, especially in tourist areas, and recommended that they register their travel plans with the State Department. “Terrorists may elect to use a variety of means and weapons and target both official and private interests,” the bulletin said. “U.S. citizens are reminded of the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure. Terrorists have targeted and attacked subway and rail systems, as well as aviation and maritime services.” Representative Ed Royce, a California Republican and the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Friday that the warning was linked to a Qaeda threat focused on the Middle East and Central Asia. To date, the only Qaeda affiliate that has shown a desire and ability to attack American facilities overseas is Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a group based in Yemen. The Qaeda affiliate announced in July that its second-in-command, Saeed al-Shihri, a former Guantánamo Bay prisoner, had died as a result of injuries sustained in an American missile strike in Yemen last year. But Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, the group’s seminal bomb maker, remains at large, and, according to American officials, has trained a cadre of skilled protégés ready to take his place should he be killed. American drones over the past week have carried out three separate strikes in Yemen, according to Long War Journal, a Web site that tracks drone strikes. There have been 15 American drone strikes in Yemen this year, according to the site. The State Department has issued similar alerts and warnings in the past, American officials said Friday. The last time the department issued a global travel alert was after the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011. On Feb. 19 this year, the State Department issued a “caution” notice — less severe than a “warning” or “alert” — to Americans that “current information suggests that Al Qaeda, its affiliated organizations and other terrorist organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks against U.S. interests in multiple regions.” Pentagon officials said Friday that there had been no movements of troops or other forces in response to the embassy closings. After the attack in Benghazi, the military’s Africa Command bolstered its quick-reaction forces in Djibouti and created new Marine Corps reaction forces in Morón, Spain, and at the naval air station in Sigonella in Italy that can respond to a crisis within a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mauviette75 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 as i said in the other thread: gotta love you guys. 1.if an attack had happened: oh my god they should have known! planned for it/why the hell didn't they close the embassy/ramp up security!? 2. no attack: oh my god it's just a scare tactic! wake up sheeple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Wouldn't be surprised if the US is making this up or exaggerating it in order to distract from/build support for NSA spy tactics. I find it suspicious with the timing and the fact that this "threat" is so general and vague. Hopefully nothing happens. Not only for the safety of innocent people but also to prevent the government from using it as another excuse for more spying. They love to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mauviette75 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 What kind of terrorist attack? This kind? http://www.policymic...p-drone-warfare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Well, here's the thing. Terrorist attacks do happen... however, the ones you hear about are the ones that you shouldn't worry about. It's the quiet ones, those are the ones that kill people. In other words, if the USA gov has announced to the world that something is being threatened... it's not happening. What I have a hard time understanding is why Al-Queda or whatever has so much trouble keeping things quiet. If I wanted to pull off a terrorist attack.... it would be a piece of cake. Nobody would ever know. Not that I would.. but I think anyone with half a brain can strap together a fertilizer bomb and blow up an embassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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