State Department issues worldwide travel alert for US citizens due to al Qaeda threat
The Associated Press reported on Friday that the State Department issued a worldwide travel alert for U.S. citizens due to an unspecified al-Qaeda threat. NBC News confirmed the report.
The AP said officials are concerned about a possible attack coming from the Arabian peninsula and possibly occurring in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Here is the full text of the State Department’s Travel Alert.
Oh, well then maybe we do need mass NSA spying RT @NBCNews US issues worldwide travel alert over al Qaeda threat http://t.co/vDPnLC5Bcc
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 2, 2013
Dems 2002-2008: Bush is manipulating terror alerts for political benefit! 2009-present: suggesting terror alerts are political is insanity!!
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 2, 2013
Greenwald mocks the terror threat — but if an attack does actually happen, he’ll then write 2000 words explaining why we deserved it.
