TRIBNET ALERT 08.05.2013
This is the first major TRIBNET ALERT we have posted on this 5 August 2013 – why? The closure of some 20 to 22 US Embassies, as well as embassies of European nations in these same Muslim States, is altogether alarming. We hasten to add the heightened alerts are in force in other Muslim States like Turkey, Morocco, Lebanon, Pakistan, Indonesia and Tunisia…the USA has closed its embassies in Syria and Iran already. What is going on here?
The “bought and sold” media proclaims that the threat comes at the end of Ramadan, coupled with al-Qaida chatter indicating something big is going down emanating from the Saudi Arabian Peninsula – American and European travelers BEWARE! The difference between a “global travel alert” and a “warning” is this:
Travel Alerts
We issue Travel Alerts for short-term events we think you should know about when planning travel to a country. Examples of reasons for issuing a Travel Alert might include an election season that is bound to have many strikes, demonstrations, disturbances; a health alert like an outbreak of H1N1; or evidence of an elevated risk of terrorist attacks. When these short-term events are over, we cancel the Travel Alert.
Travel Warnings
We issue a Travel Warning when we want you to consider very carefully whether you should go to a country at all. Examples of reasons for issuing a Travel Warning might include unstable government, civil war, or ongoing intense crime or violence, or frequent terrorist attacks. We want you to know the risks of traveling to these places and to strongly consider not going to them at all. Travel Warnings remain in place until the situation changes; some have been in effect for years. (Source: US State Department)
This is a GLOBAL TRAVEL ALERT: Elevated risk of terrorist attack!
Full alert story here
