U.S. issues flurry of terror warnings<\/p>\n
Agence France-Presse, Washington<\/p>\n
The United States has in the past week issued a series of dire
\nterrorism warnings for least eight countries, alerting U.S.
\ncitizens to the potential for attacks directed at American
\ncitizens and interests there, according to the State Department.<\/p>\n
Since Oct. 21, the U.S. embassies in Afghanistan, Indonesia,
\nIsrael and Jordan have released terrorism advisories to Americans
\nin those nations and the State Department in Washington has
\nwarned if possible attacks in Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Russia and Saudi
\nArabia.<\/p>\n
While the warnings do not contain specific details about
\nalleged plots or the timing of possible attacks, the spate of
\nalerts coincides with the run-up to next week's U.S. presidential
\nelection, the Muslim holy month of Ramadhan, the escalating
\ninsurgency in Iraq and continuing Israeli-Palestinian violence.<\/p>\n
The most recent advisory, issued on Thursday by the U.S.
\nembassy in Kabul, said \"security threats remain a serious
\nconcern\" and referred to a weekend suicide bombing in the capital
\nthat killed a 24-year-American woman who was the fourth U.S.
\ncitizen to have been killed in city in two months.<\/p>\n
Such incidents are \"stark reminders of the inherent risk
\ninside Kabul City and throughout Afghanistan,\" the embassy said
\nin the notice. \"The potential remains for additional attacks
\nagainst U.S. citizens and interests in Afghanistan.\"<\/p>\n
It said U.S. diplomats in Afghanistan had seen a decrease in
\nthe level of security alertness by Afghan and international
\nsecurity forces since presidential elections earlier this month
\nand noted that \"terrorists have demonstrated their ability to
\ntake advantage of such opportunity.\"<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the U.S. embassy in Jakarta advised Americans in
\nIndonesia that it continued \"to receive reports that terrorist
\norganizations could attempt to carry out attacks against
\nidentifiably American or other Western facilities or businesses
\nin Indonesia.\"<\/p>\n
In particular, the embassy said, U.S. citizens should avoid
\nall bars and nightclubs for the remainder of Ramadhan, which ends
\nin mid-November, because they \"could be attacked by protesters.\"
\nA bar in Jakarta that was allegedly serving alcohol was attacked
\non Oct. 23, it said.<\/p>\n
Also on Wednesday, the State Department issued an advisory for
\nRussia, warning of the persistent threat of terrorism there after
\nthe twin bombings of Russian aircraft and two attacks in Moscow
\nin August as well as the Sept. 1 deadly hostage-taking at a
\nschool in North Ossetia.<\/p>\n
Russian authorities have blamed the attacks on Chechen
\nseparatists and the warning noted that \"Chechen separatist
\nelements have issued a new statement threatening attacks against
\nRussian and U.S. interests.\"<\/p>\n
Shortly after issuing the notice for Russia, the State
\nDepartment renewed its existing travel warning for Saudi Arabia,
\nreminding Americans \"of the potential for further terrorist
\nactions against U.S. citizens abroad, including in the Persian
\nGulf region.\"<\/p>",
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