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State Department Issues Worldwide Travel Alert "Due To Increased Terrorist Threats"

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For the first time since December 2014 - and just in case you were not fearmongered enough (or bullish on US equities enough) - The US State Department just unleashed a worldwide travel alert for the next 3 months. This seems to wreak a little haov at President Obama's  "ISIS is contained" narrative...

 

Via The State Department:

The State Department alerts U.S. citizens to possible risks of travel due to increased terrorist threats. Current information suggests that ISIL (aka Da’esh), al-Qa’ida, Boko Haram, and other terrorist groups continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions.  These attacks may employ a wide variety of tactics, using conventional and non-conventional weapons and targeting both official and private interests.  This Travel Alert expires on February 24, 2016.

Authorities believe the likelihood of terror attacks will continue as members of ISIL/Da’esh return from Syria and Iraq.  Additionally, there is a continuing threat from unaffiliated persons planning attacks inspired by major terrorist organizations but conducted on an individual basis.  Extremists have targeted large sporting events, theatres, open markets, and aviation services.  In the past year, there have been multiple attacks in France, Nigeria, Denmark, Turkey, and Mali.  ISIL/Da’esh has claimed responsibility for the bombing of a Russian airliner in Egypt.

U.S. citizens should exercise vigilance when in public places or using transportation.  Be aware of immediate surroundings and avoid large crowds or crowed places.  Exercise particular caution during the holiday season and at holiday festivals or events.  U.S. citizens should monitor media and local information sources and factor updated information into personal travel plans and activities.  Persons with specific safety concerns should contact local law enforcement authorities who are responsible for the safety and security of all visitors to their host country.  U.S. citizens should:

  • Follow the instructions of local authorities.  Monitor media and local information sources and factor updated information into personal travel plans and activities. 
  • Be prepared for additional security screening and unexpected disruptions.
  • Stay in touch with your family members and ensure they know how to reach you in the event of an emergency.
  • Register in our Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP).

Foreign governments have taken action to guard against terrorist attacks, and some have made official declarations regarding heightened threat conditions.  Authorities continue to conduct raids and disrupt terror plots.  We continue to work closely with our allies on the threat from international terrorism.  Information is routinely shared between the United States and our key partners in order to disrupt terrorist plotting, identify and take action against potential operatives, and strengthen our defenses against potential threats.

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Scared yet?

 

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Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:12 | 6829091 HedgeAccordingly
Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:21 | 6829129 BullyBearish
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I'll start worrying when the safer areas in the Middle East get attacked...

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:41 | 6829237 macholatte
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Extremists have targeted large sporting events, theatres, open markets, and aviation services....

 

Thank you Barry and Hillary and Harry and Nancy and all the Progressive-Neocon psychotics.

We know you & your Oligarch friends will be protected and that gives us comfort.

 

 

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:41 | 6829519 Cheduba
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Obey the Feds and be good little sheep...

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:30 | 6829473 brockhardman
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Great knowing you guys.   It definitely happens in the next 3 months.  If so, you know where to go.  1600 Penn.  See you there.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 21:02 | 6829594 conscious being
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No worries. Russia has the antidote with their new EW technology.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:10 | 6829386 Main_Sequence
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When things start kicking off in the GCC countries (Saudi, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Oman) then its time to worry.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:21 | 6829133 The Pope
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IOW - Your next internet comment might be your last.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 23:10 | 6830026 A Nanny Moose
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So...did the State Dept. just yell fire in a crowded theater?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:49 | 6829273 hongdo
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A friend just got back from 10 day Egypt tour.  He said it was great.  No crowds and he got into the pyramids and other places that are usually not available.  And.... as he was leaving, loads of Chinese were arriving.

Just goes to show - time to go is when mama govt says no.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:41 | 6829517 Noplebian
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US Gives Their Proxy Army ISIS 45 Minute Warning Before Air Strikes......

http://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2015/11/us-gives-their-prox...

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 21:15 | 6829643 Baby Bladeface
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Spammer go fuck!

This story today already on zerohedge posted.

Now you crap you spam across all articles on the comments like already done to M&M story.

Toiletary, you blended into the net.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:13 | 6829094 stant
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Thanks . GOV

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:39 | 6829227 Bob
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Laying the groundwork for explaining away the  lousy retail sales numbers to come for the holiday season.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:22 | 6829446 OldPhart
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Wheeze two scairt tuh go to der Mall.

In reality, I avoid the Mall year round.  And I don't do Black Friday.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:32 | 6829482 espirit
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State Department Issues Worldwide Travel Alert "Due To Increased Terrorist Threats".

In Newspeak:

Don't travel outside the USSA where you'll spend money needed in the HomeyLand. 

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 21:05 | 6829606 conscious being
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Or be exposed to non-approved ideas, thoughts and media.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:46 | 6829536 A Nanny Moose
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^^THIS^^

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:16 | 6829101 Wild Theories
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Dear Americans, tell everyone you are Canadian.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:20 | 6829121 Global Hunter
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When I was in High School and unie the kids would sew Canada flags on their backpacks on their holidays, they were all over the place at airports.  This would be 80s and 90s, I dunno if they still do that, but a lot of people were really proud of that, one of the things that made us great eh.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:47 | 6829266 Chuckster
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I have done that for about 15 years when I leave the country.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:17 | 6829107 Global Hunter
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I suppose if some sort of massacre against civilians occurs anywhere in the world, the State Department can say that they warned everybody.  Cast a big enough net and one is sure to catch a fish.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:18 | 6829112 surf0766
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They are scanning youtube for videos now

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:22 | 6829145 Global Hunter
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I heard those things are very dangerous and can incite crowds to gang rape and kill ambassadors of sovereign nations.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:50 | 6829554 A Nanny Moose
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Maybe the State Dept missed Ann Barnhardt's Koran burning on Y/T.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:17 | 6829109 surf0766
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If you like your fucking alerts you can keep your fucking alerts.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:23 | 6829450 OldPhart
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We alerted some folks...

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:51 | 6829555 A Nanny Moose
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You didn't alert that.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 21:58 | 6829794 gezley
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Be alert - the country needs all the lerts it can get

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:18 | 6829114 CunnyFunt
Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:18 | 6829115 Kaiser Sousa
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so r we code red, or orange again???

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:38 | 6829224 Make_Mine_A_Double
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We are on Code Auburn.

Defcom Auburn is in between Red and Orange. It also has a little burnt yellow in there as well.

 

Thanks for your inquiry.. (said with a lisp....)

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:50 | 6829281 IridiumRebel
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Thank God we haven't gone to Code Burnt Sienna

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:09 | 6829380 SILVERGEDDON
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Right - we have now officially gone to Code Ginger Moondust

THANKS TO YOU SUBVERSIVE MOTHERFUCKERS stirring up the New World Order pot.

Ginger Moondust is the fucking top tinfoil rainbow skittle shitting unicorn lib tard terror color that will still color coordinate with your stoopidfone Aye-watch, FidgetBit, and flaming Obamagay wardrobe if worn as a trendy "Bring The Troops home " campaign ribbon to prove your Faith In The Cause.

Fuck me running, the future sucks compared to what I expected.

No George Jetson hovercar, no fucking Star Wars light saber, no ray guns for home defense, no replicant hookers, not one fucking good thing at all whatsoever.

Just hemp clothing, pastels, Face suck, phoneheads, and retarded politics, still blowing people up for nothing.

Who the fuck wrote this movie anyway ?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:44 | 6829531 espirit
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I was really depressed that there weren't going to be any "Replicant Hookers" in my timeline.

The Japs have really let us down.

Tue, 11/24/2015 - 04:02 | 6830545 Welder
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Bravo. 

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:38 | 6829503 espirit
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Actual condition status is "Code Mauve".

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:52 | 6829558 A Nanny Moose
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Being colorblind, I demand a safe space from your polychromatic microaggression.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:01 | 6829338 Baby Bladeface
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This is yellow level threat, known as Threat Level Blithering Bimbo, depicted by icon of picture Marie Harf.

Higher by next level is orange, known as Threat Level Stumbling Slattern, depicted by icon of picture Jen Psaki.

Higher next level red known as Screeching Shrew and depicted by icon of picture Samantha Power.

Higher beyond is actual attack ongoing, FearCon Level Traitorous Termagant, depicted by icon of cookie with image Aunt Nuland.

Highest is FearCon Level Hateful Harpy, depicted by icon of picture Grandma Dracula (the Clinton woman). Is theoretical level only as it corresponds to everyone already now dead.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:18 | 6829116 ghengis86
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What, no concomitant refugee/immigrant warning from the region of known ISIS strongholds?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:22 | 6829144 Ajax_USB_Port_R...
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That nails it. I'm sleeping in tomorrow. Too dangerous to go to work!

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:06 | 6829152 Yen Cross
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  I just got back from the store and forgot to buy extra sporks for self protection, as I shelter in my "Safe Place". lol

  Maybe the grammar school down the street has a few extra pairs of Donald Duck safety scissors I can borrow.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:53 | 6829564 A Nanny Moose
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could you pick me up some paste while you are at it?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 21:11 | 6829628 Yen Cross
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That was funny.

Tue, 11/24/2015 - 03:15 | 6830494 hunkerdown
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Hungry?

Tue, 11/24/2015 - 03:45 | 6830528 Yen Cross
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 I could do some Elmer's Glue.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:26 | 6829165 OutaTime43
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Good thing we got rid of Saddam and are weakening Assad! So much safer in the world without strong secular leaders.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:26 | 6829166 Hobbleknee
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Was this alert issued from a secure server, or was it from one of those servers in somebody's closet?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:28 | 6829170 Lumberjack
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They hate us for... then again who is they?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:29 | 6829179 yomutti
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Hmmmm... this may be a bad year to attend the X-mas tree lighting at Rockefeller Plaza.

 

 

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:10 | 6829382 Baby Bladeface
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You get the itch in the rectal area from trying fear to spread?

Attains a special glory in the ass adventure?

Conchita, why you so aggressive?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:30 | 6829182 One And Only
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Damn white Christians. Probably tea party too.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:36 | 6829211 nmewn
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lmao!...undoubtedly...how much ya wanna bet he wouldn't let UKIP or a Tea Partier in if they were a refugee.

"Thats just not who we are!" ;-)

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:30 | 6829186 Dr. Engali
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Sooo..., no safe space for our college tweens?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:30 | 6829187 Chuckster
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Like wow man!

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:32 | 6829192 nmewn
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Apparently the JV Team has crossed some sort of Redline ;-)

Danger Will Robinson! Danger Will Robinson!

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:44 | 6829247 Make_Mine_A_Double
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Widows and orphans...who mostly look like 23 year old maile draftees.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:33 | 6829197 Fox-Scully
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You have to love it--the travel alert mysteriously expires on February 24. Not the 23rd or the 25th, but the 24th. Geeeezz.

Tue, 11/24/2015 - 00:11 | 6830210 PN7
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Originally, it was February 31st but they moved it back a week.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:34 | 6829199 Flying Wombat
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Tracking ISIS to Washington, D.C.’s Doorsteps

http://thenewsdoctors.com/?p=547468

Terror Junkies: The West’s Addiction to Funding Radical Groups - Steven MacMillan

http://thenewsdoctors.com/?p=547509

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:41 | 6829235 alphahammer
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Ha!

"The news doctors"

Perfect...

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:08 | 6829374 Max Steel
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better than your false sources

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:36 | 6829210 stant
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Caitlyn better not wear those fake tits to the airport.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:37 | 6829219 SharkBit
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I suppose Yellen will now need to hold rates at zero to counter the slow down in the economy due to people staying home and not spending. 

Also, whilst we're at it, let's fire up that military machine.  Because nothing solves a recession like a war.  How nice.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:41 | 6829232 Captain Nukem
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Current information suggests that ISIL (aka Da’esh), al-Qa’ida, Boko Haram, and other terrorist groups continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions.  These attacks may employ a wide variety of tactics, using conventional and non-conventional weapons and targeting both official and private interests.  This Travel Alert expires on February 24, 2016.

So multiple terrorist groups are planning multiple attacks in multiple regions against multiple interests using multiple tactics. But everything will be fine after Feb 24, 2016, at 12:26pm EST.

Thanks, .gov. That's really helpful! But next time, could you try warning us before the attack?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:44 | 6829246 gezley
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"So multiple terrorist groups are planning multiple attacks in multiple regions against multiple interests using multiple tactics. But everything will be fine after Feb 24, 2016, at 12:26pm EST."

 

snigger

 

They're so frigging dumb.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:46 | 6829261 tritumi
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I'll take fnords for $50, Alex.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:50 | 6829278 nosam
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This is one more way to keep everyone imprisoned in America... along with passport confiscation.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:51 | 6829286 Grandad Grumps
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The State Department, which is controlled by Israeli firsters, should then stop creating terror ... so they can stop the alert.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:52 | 6829288 Bazza McKenzie
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This must not be allowed to affect the terribly important global warming love fest in Paris at the end of the month.  If it does, ISIS will have destroyed the world.

Hopefully the brave warriors against carbon dioxide will be prepared to put their lives at risk to save the rest of us.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:53 | 6829298 earleflorida
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How to kill a 'sand flea' by Leopold Brzezinski?

Give Pakistan the "ATOMIC BOMB"!

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:57 | 6829318 cookies anyone
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are the brown shirts already marching on the streets? wake me up on cristalnacht

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:02 | 6829341 arbwhore
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BULLISH!!!!

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:03 | 6829346 HoserF16
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"Must live in fear!" Fuck You Kerry. You little faggot! This is proof-positive that the War on Terror is a hoax. For if it was real, we would be pounding the shit out of them in the ME while not Infringing on our freedoms here at home... So obvious, a caveman can see it. Baby Bush said "we must fight them over there so we don't have to over here" / What a lying sack of shit...

 

 

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:16 | 6829410 o r c k
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"Mission Contained"

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:32 | 6829480 TradingTroll
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Ur broke gubmint needs u 2 spend $ @home because Black  Friday  is already lookin shaky  and we don't need more funds leaking out. This warning  was only issued to 'muricans?   Makes sense doesn't  it?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:47 | 6829538 Yen Cross
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 Where would you like your free 'Spiderman Towel' sent?

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 21:23 | 6829674 Stormtrooper
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Bring-em on!  This will be excellent training for the many state militia groups (that would be you and me friends) in US to do a little tactical training. It is their historical function to defend their country as citizen warriors when needed.  Since the Federal government is unable to fulfill that role. 

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 21:32 | 6829704 mijev
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I was booked on MH370 eleven days before it went awol and despite the realization that most of this shit is scare tactics it took me seven weeks to get back on a plane. I'm missing the point of these announcements. If I need to fly then what the fuck am I supposed to do if someone has planted a bomb in the hold. Avoid crowds? Oh, like trains, buses, shopping centers, movie theaters and cruise ships? The world doesn't operate without crowds. Whether it is to do with CYA tactics or some other rationale it's not a good way to combat terrorism and I'm guessing a lot of people cancel their travel plans and further fuck the economy.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 21:33 | 6829713 kaboomnomic
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Quote:

"This Travel Alert expires on February 24, 2016"

 

WHY that date? Do US govt knows, the "threat" WILL BE FINISHED after just 3 months??

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 21:45 | 6829752 divedivedive
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Hmm - I'm an expat and subscribe to STEP (smart traveler enrollment program) - not a peep since Hurricane Patricia in October.

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 22:14 | 6829844 Dragon HAwk
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I think what they ment to say is....

  The Shit is flying, and the fan is already Turned on.

 

but what does Dragon Know

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 22:26 | 6829892 Omega_Man
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they want you to stay in usa to be roasted in fema camps

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 23:28 | 6830091 theyjustcantstop
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what does the state dept. consider non-conventional terrorist weapons,to be used on us sites, gases, some infectious viral release, limited nuclear?

if you live on the southern border who do you call, the same people who watched 30-40 million walk across the border the last 10 yrs.?

I knew it was coming "visitors" to the host country.

but for gods sake make sure you get to work, and pay your taxes, so everyone will be protected and can have their freedom.

Americas pc'ism's are going to cause more deaths than 911 by 100 fold.

 

Mon, 11/23/2015 - 23:29 | 6830101 Crush the cube
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Be aware of immediate surroundings and avoid large crowds or crowed places.

Little Freudian slip there?  Crowed places, see a raven or crow you better run.  The crow has always symbolized the messenger of death.

Tue, 11/24/2015 - 04:20 | 6830559 Panic Mode
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I can't recall any terrorist events actually occured during the highest terrorist level. IMO, this period is the safest time to travel. These alert level is more like telling the terrorists not to attack now.

Wed, 11/25/2015 - 01:25 | 6836660 kappal_toba_dhu...
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If they say to avoid USA, they are right. 

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