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| Palestinian suicide threat against US embassy in New Delhi |
| 2006-05-17 |
| A tip-off from India’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) has put the US embassy and its environs on alert over a threat to American diplomats from an Islamic group based in Ramallah, according to the Times of India. (DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources add: Monday night, May 15, the al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a wing of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah, announced it was expanding its suicide operations to American targets outside the Middle East.) Tuesday night, the IB asked police to “sensitize” all staff responsible for the security of all US establishments in the city. The warning added that a “very important” American citizen based in Delhi is the likely target of an attack that may take place either at the airport or the embassy itself. This is the first time the Indian agency has tipped off the Delhi police about a threat from a group involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “The input which suggested suicide bombings talks about some men owing allegiance to a West Bank-based Islamic group planning to target US nationals in the city,” said an Indian police officer, “If need be, we will deploy more men.” DEBKAfile adds: Following the threat, security has also been beefed up around the Indian embassy in Israel and its staff. |
| Posted by:Steve |