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US Warns of Christmas Terror Threat in Europe
[AnNahar] The United States on Thursday updated its advice to travellers heading for Europe, warning of an increased terrorist threat over the Christmas and New Year holiday season.Washington has a long-standing warning to its citizens to beware myrmidon attacks in European cities, and in recent years it has expressly warned of dangers at festive events. "Last year, mass casualty attacks occurred at a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany in December and a nightclub in Istanbul, ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... on New Year's Eve," the latest warning noted. Last year a jihadist attacker crashed a truck into Christmas merrymakers in a Berlin market, killing 12 people, while a New Year's Eve attack in Istanbul left 39 dead. The State Department warned that recent attacks in Britannia, Finland, La Belle France, Russia, Spain and Sweden show that both al-Qaeda and the 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.... group remain active and capable. "While local governments continue counterterrorism operations, the department remains concerned about the potential for future terrorist attacks," the statement said. "US citizens should always be alert to the possibility that terrorist sympathizers or self-radicalized murderous Moslems may conduct attacks with little or no warning." Posted by: trailing wife 2017-11-18 |
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