URGENT!! US To Shut Down All Embassies Worldwide
URGENT US To Shut Down All Embassies Worldwide!! The United States will temporarily shut down its embassies and consulates around the world Sunday, including those in Iraq, Afghanistan and Egypt, as a precautionary measure, the State Department said Thursday. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf did not say how long the international installations would stay closed -- only that the decision was taken "out of an abundance of caution and care for our employees and others who may be visiting." Sunday is a normal workday in many Arab and Middle Eastern countries. Embassies in Europe and Latin America would be shuttered that day anyway. "We have instructed all U.S. embassies and consulates that would have normally been open on Sunday to suspend operations, specifically on August 4," a senior State Department official said Thursday night. "It is possible we may have additional days of closing as well." www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/01/us-to-shut-down-american-embassies-around-world-as-terror-threats-grow/ Domestic briefs: Threat prompts U.S. to temporarily close embassies in Muslim world The United States is shuttering its embassies and consulates throughout the Muslim world on Sunday after receiving an unspecified threat, officials said. State Department officials said Thursday that they were taking action out of an "abundance of caution." Spokeswoman Marie Harf cited information indicating a threat to U.S. facilities overseas and said some diplomatic offices may stay closed for more than a day. Other U.S. officials said the threat was in the Muslim world, where Sunday is a workday. American diplomatic missions in Europe, Latin America and many other places are closed on Sunday. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/domestic-briefs-threat-prompts-us-to-temporarily-close-embassies-in-muslim-world/2013/08/01/d29532ac-fae8-11e2-9bde-7ddaa186b751_story.html Al Qaeda-Linked Threat Prompts U.S. to Close Middle East Embassies on Sunday The U.S. will temporarily shut down all of its embassies in the Middle East (and some in Asia) on Sunday in response to a possible threat connected to al-Qaeda, NBC News is reporting. They're not specifying which embassies will be closed, or how many. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told NBC that the decision came after the U.S. was "apprised of information that out of an abundance of caution and care for our employees and others who may be visiting our installations, that indicates we should institute these precautionary steps," but didn't provide much more on the closures beyond that. The decision to close might be extended beyond Sunday, depending on what the department knows about the continuing threat. Here's what an unnamed official at the department said to the network about the closures: www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/08/al-qaeda-linked-threat-prompts-us-close-embassies-middle-east-sunday/67899/ Follow Me, Click On These Links: www.youtube.com/user/kazvswild www.youtube.com/user/freedom4kaz2 www.youtube.com/user/ChemtrailSunsets www.freespeak.net/profile-67/
