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Israelis warned not to travel to India because of ‘concrete’ terror threat
[IsraelTimes] Tourists already there urged by Counter-Terror Bureau to avoid crowded areas and New Year’s parties, especially in Goa, other southern states.Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau issued a travel warning for India on Friday, urging Israelis not to travel to the country and cautioning those already there that Islamist groups may try to carry out terror attacks in the immediate future. The warning is defined a "concrete basic threat," according to Channel 2 television. The bureau singled out Western and tourist hot-spots as being at increased risk, with the alert at its highest in southwest India, in particular in Goa and adjacent states. The bureau recommended that travelers avoid beach parties and nightclubs with a high concentration of tourists, as well as busy markets, festivals and shopping centers. Families with relatives traveling in the country were asked to alert their loved ones to the advisory. "Israeli tourists in India are asked to remain alert and listen to local media and the instructions of security officials," the warning said. In Europe, which has seen multiple deadly terror attacks over the past two years, many cities are preparing for the possibility that Islamist Lions of Islam will also try to disrupt and spoil New Year festivities. In Berlin, where 12 people were murdered in a truck-ramming attack earlier this month, police closed the square opposite Brandenburg Bridge. An additional 1,700 extra officers will also be deployed across the city during the New Year festivities. In Italia, major cities including Rome and Naples have banned the entry of trucks to city centers, and coppers are patrolling near tourist attractions, Channel 2 reported. Additional security measures have also been taken in Spain, Belgium and La Belle France.
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for allegedly making online threats. There were a number of other reported threats this holiday period, in Asia-Pacific and elsewhere. In Melbourne, police foiled a "significant" Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... -inspired Christmas Day terror plot. Indonesia said it foiled plans by an IS-linked group for a Christmas-time suicide kaboom, and 52 died in the Philippines in kabooms blamed on Islamist Death Eaters. - Safety measures - Security concerns have hit many New Year events with truck blockades a new tactic to try to prevent vehicles ploughing into crowds. Sydney is using garbage trucks as safety barriers. The German capital has beefed up security after the December 19 carnage, deploying hundreds more police, some armed with machine-guns. "This year, what's new is that we will place concrete blocks and position heavy armoured vehicles at the entrances" to the zone around Brandenburg Gate, a police front man said. In Cologne ...a lovely city in Germany. They invented perfume there... , after a wave of sexual attacks last year, 1,800 police will be deployed -- compared to just 140 in 2015. In neighbouring Austria police will hand out 6,000 free pocket alarms to help stop assaults on women. In Gay Paree, there will be a firework display again, after muted 2015 celebrations following the November 13 massacre of 130 people. Nearly 100,000 police, gendarmes and soldiers will be deployed across La Belle France against the jihadist threat. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-12-31 |
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