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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 05:20 PM Aug 2013

Some US embassies to close Sunday over security

WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf says an unspecified number of U.S. embassies and consulates around the globe will be closed Sunday due to security concerns.

Harf says Thursday that it's a precautionary step, taken out of an "abundance of caution" because of unspecified information indicating a threat to U.S. facilities overseas. She says the diplomatic facilities may stay closed for more than a day, depending on analysis of the threat information.

Harf would not give a geographic location or say whether the information was related to terrorism. But she did point out the administration issued guidelines in February on potential terrorist threats around the world.

The last major warning came last fall when embassies warned American diplomatic facilities across the Muslim world of potential violence around Sept. 11.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/some-us-embassies-close-sunday-over-security

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Some US embassies to close Sunday over security (Original Post) The Straight Story Aug 2013 OP
How long before they drag out the color-coded threat level? MindPilot Aug 2013 #1
They probably found someone googling pressure cooker and embassy The Straight Story Aug 2013 #2
be careful what you post... magical thyme Aug 2013 #3
I am already on the watch list The Straight Story Aug 2013 #4

The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
4. I am already on the watch list
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 05:46 PM
Aug 2013

I read public intelligence every day:

And they are actually one of the sites the government is well known to monitor:

https://publicintelligence.net/

Check it out and you will see why

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