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Al-Qaeda is no more?

And you believed President Obama when he said that the war on terror was won when Osama Bin Laden was assassinated. The United States has now issued a global travel alert out of fear of... attacks by al-Qaeda against US citizens (Hat Tip: Jihad Watch).

"There is a significant threat stream and we're reacting to it," said Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He told ABC News in an interview to be aired Sunday that the threat was "more specific" than previous ones and the "intent is to attack Western, not just U.S. interests."

John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said the alert indicates the U.S. government must have some "pretty good information" about a possible threat. 

Great Britain announced Friday night it would also close its embassy in Yemen "as a precautionary measure" on Sunday and Monday and urged its nationals to leave the country.

The travel alert issued Friday warned Americans of the "continued potential for terrorist attacks, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, and possibly occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula." 

It said: "Current information suggests that al-Qa'ida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond, and that they may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August." 

Labels: al-Qaeda, Barack Hussein Obama, Islamic terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, war on terror

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:51 PM