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US on alert for post-Ramzan attacks: Powell
Washington, Nov 26: The United States will be attentive to any threats to its diplomats `on the frontlines of freedom` timed to coincide with the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramzan, Secretary of State Colin Powell has said.
Washington, Nov 26: The United States will be
attentive to any threats to its diplomats "on the frontlines
of freedom" timed to coincide with the end of the Muslim holy
month of Ramzan, Secretary of State Colin Powell has said.
His caution yesterday followed a State Department
warning on Friday that al-Qaeda may be planning more
"catastrophic" terror attacks in and outside the United
States.
"Ramzan has now come to an end," Powell said in response to a reporter's question about possible post-Ramzan threats at the state department.
"We will be vigilant during this period to see if anything is coming our way in the days ahead."
Referring to the regular diet of threat updates and travel warnings issued to Americans around the world, Powell said that Washington did not want to "cry wolf too often."
"When there is a threat that you take as being a serious one, you have to put different levels of security around our facilities," he said.
"But there is risk. Our diplomats are on the frontlines of freedom, representing America's interests.
"And to represent America's interests well and to do their jobs, they have to be out and about, they have to take their work out to the people and the countries in which they are serving."
Bureau Report
"Ramzan has now come to an end," Powell said in response to a reporter's question about possible post-Ramzan threats at the state department.
"We will be vigilant during this period to see if anything is coming our way in the days ahead."
Referring to the regular diet of threat updates and travel warnings issued to Americans around the world, Powell said that Washington did not want to "cry wolf too often."
"When there is a threat that you take as being a serious one, you have to put different levels of security around our facilities," he said.
"But there is risk. Our diplomats are on the frontlines of freedom, representing America's interests.
"And to represent America's interests well and to do their jobs, they have to be out and about, they have to take their work out to the people and the countries in which they are serving."
Bureau Report