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U.S. Embassy Warning: ‘Imminent Threat’ in Gulf of Aqaba Region

From Reuters via Yahoo! News:

AMMAN (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Jordan warned its citizens on Wednesday against traveling to the port city of Aqaba, citing an “imminent” threat.

The U.S. warning published at www.jordan.usembassy.gov says “credible information has been received regarding a possible imminent threat in the Gulf of Aqaba region.”

“The U.S. Embassy recommends that all non-official and personal travel to Aqaba be deferred for at least the next 48 hours,” the statement said without elaborating.

Last month, the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv told U.S. citizens traveling to the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat that they needed to know where the nearest bomb shelter was.

The warning angered the Israeli government which said that the alert should apply to next door Aqaba.

There was no immediate official Jordanian reaction.

Diplomats say the latest travel advisory was prompted by heightened security concerns after rockets from Egypt’s Sinai, where Islamist militants have operated in the past, hit Israel‘s and Jordan’s Red Sea ports on August 2, killing a Jordanian civilian and injuring three others.

Following the rocket attacks, the U.S. embassy said it was “unaware of any additional threats to U.S. citizens resulting from the incident but would continue to monitor the situation.”

Al Qaeda has been active in Jordan and has carried out attacks there in the past.

In April 2005, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades militant group linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for a failed attempt to strike two U.S. warships in Aqaba with rockets. The rockets hit a warehouse and a hospital, killing one Jordanian soldier.

The attack which narrowly missed the USS Ashland and its sister ship the USS Kearsarge was the most serious on U.S. targets in the staunchly pro-Western kingdom since the killing of U.S. diplomat Lawrence Foley in Amman in 2002.

Jordanian militants linked to al Qaeda have been blamed for several plots in recent years to attack Western targets and government installations in the kingdom.

Jordan’s close U.S. ties and its 1994 peace accord with Israel are unpopular with many in the conservative kingdom and there is strong support for Islamist militants in some areas.

(Writing by Suleiman al-Khalidi; Editing by Peter Graff)

Comments (37)

  • Timekeeper
    Posted on September 16, 2010 at 12:55am

    Let’s see if the socialist d-rats blame this on Bush…

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  • Pelosis_Nemesis
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:14pm

    It must be the Amish Mafia ….

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  • missmarie
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 4:05pm

    I pray for the citizens of this region. A rocket hit a street outside a hotel in Aqaba on August 2nd and an explosion in Sahab on September 2nd.

    US citizens were issued this warning on August 19th (actually listed as worldwide warning): http://jordan.usembassy.gov/acs_wmsg_081910.html

    I didn’t hear any additional info about who was involved in this attack or who was involved making the threat today, but here is the statement from DOS about the threat:

    “Credible information has been received regarding a possible imminent threat in the Gulf of Aqaba region. The U. S. Embassy recommends that all non-official and personal travel to Aqaba be deferred for at least the next 48 hours. For those U.S. citizens resident in Aqaba, the downtown and port areas should be avoided if possible.”

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  • bswanson
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 3:23pm

    Damn Quakers area going to bomb something again…

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  • Windsong
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 3:13pm

    To the citizens of Jordan. The American people will pray for you. Stand strong and don’t allow your country or your pride to be taken. The American people will plead with Mr. Obama to help you and keep your country safe.
    Terrorist are enemies of the world. We all need to stand together, especially now.
    You will in our thoughts and in our hearts.

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  • JFDYATES1
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 12:37pm

    Funny how they hate what what made America great but they will not give up all the benefits that go with being an American . Just like Michael Moore and his rant about the mosque . If he hates this country so bad why don`t he go try to get a job in Cuba . Castro is getting rid of 500,000 govt workers . We are turning communist and they are becoming like we once were . Next thing u know the ACLU will be trying to sneak in with the boat people .

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  • alkmetro
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:32am

    Let’s all keep dbags here…it is funny stuff and fun to read…….I would do the same on Huff Po, but it got boring…..thay didn’t have any clever retorts….

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    • Stupid Windmill
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 6:27pm

      At least the huffingtonpost has a comedy section, this whole website is the comedy section.

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  • leftiesaredangerous
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:31am

    They’re looking for a spot to build a new Mosque.

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  • red penny
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:12am

    Ah yes,the religion of peace,tolerance and love at work!! How can one not have a special place in their heart for them?

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  • egosumverum
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:10am

    It’s US DOJ – Department of Jihad.

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  • natstew
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:53am

    it’s the obama state department.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:32am

    So, is the threat from Al Qaeda? The article only mentioned them in passing. Perhaps they‘re not sure if it’s Al Qaeda or the Southern Baptists that are posing the threat.

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  • moelarrycurly
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:28am

    Dinglebags-Please give the world the gift of your silence….

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  • Joseph
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:26am

    Now why do you have to make such a silly warnning? Everyone knows that the Middle East is the safest region in the world… Yeah like it’s anything like South Central L.A.

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  • danglingbags
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:13am

    LETs see how you right wing extremists somehow link this to Obama’s religion or his politics.

     
    • thereisbeauty
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:23am

      I believe you’re the one who brought that up, sir.

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    • CRoyce
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:29am

      Scrotum, er… dangling bags Oo… I’ve been reading posts on here for a few days now. After reading your various replies, I’d like to recommend a website: http://www.find-a-therapist.com/

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    • Anonimouse
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:45am

      No, no, no Croyce! We EMBRACE Dbags here. He is our constant illustration of all we are fighting to defeat – keeps our eye on the prize.

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    • BehindBlueEyes
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:58am

      @Anonimouse
      Your absolutely right. Dangle boy is a gift.
      I can see Nov over the horizon!

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    • The_Truth
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:24am

      Huh DBags, I mean Colostomy Bags

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    • carrera
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:28am

      Danglingbags- You continue to inject Obama’s religion into most areas. In an earlier post you wrote about our refusal to acknowledge his Christianity. I will say again, we can only speculate that Obama is an apostate of Islam. A child born to an Islamic father is by birthright Islamic. So, let’s assume he is an apostate. He is certainly not a Christian. A Christian would never endorse infanticide. A Christian would never legislate and fund Abortion. A Christian would never stand on the Senate floor and argue against the “born alive infant protection act” A Christian does not believe in collective salvation, it goes completely against the Christian faith. Last week Obama spoke about “bad Angels” in regards to the Koran burning, Only in Islam are their angels with sin. There are no sinful Angels in Christianity. He speaks continually of “five pillars” only in Islam are their 5 symbolic pillars. He sponsored the Islamic “Halal food Act” Senate bill 750 and the most beautiful sound he has ever heard is the call to the Islamic Gd. He sat in the pews of a Black Liberation Theology Church which is not compatible with Christianity. So, we can speculate on whether he is an apostate of Islam we can be absolutely certain he is not a Christian.

       
    • theaudacityoftruth
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:33am

      Dangle, keep ‘em coming. Fuel to the fire of change and restoration that is coming. Without meaning to, you are doing more to heal America than most. Thank you, brother.

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    • danglingbag's(therapist)
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:50am

      Way to stoke the fire again Danglingbags. You are showing your severe lack of intelligence again!

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    • pantcor66
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:50am

      Hey Dingalingbags or what ever you call yourself:
      There’s an old saying: “If you can’t make sense, make sarcasm”.. Looks like you’ve found your niche here on this discussion. Us “right wing extremists” welcome you and Anonimouse is right, you provide the example of the “uninformed liberal” we like to see, Now you be a huckleberry and stay right here with us you moron because you provide comic relief from the more “serious” discussions going on here.
      Hey, I think I heard your mother calling you for supper so you get your little mind off that keyboard and out of that basement and go eat supper!

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    • Buck Bagaw
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:02am

      I view the Dingleboob as a gift that inspires creativity when replying to it’s senseless rants.

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    • Big Alby
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 1:30pm

      Hi old bag. You over here too?

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    • jessieH
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 2:00pm

      Don’t worry ding, the progressives are already blaming Bush-again. and again, and again, and again.

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    • Stupid Windmill
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 6:04pm

      Ahahhahha Oh wow. So there is only one interpretation of Christianity now?

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    • Stupid Windmill
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 6:20pm

      “So, we can speculate on whether he is an apostate of Islam we can be absolutely certain he is not Christian.”

      Much like how we can speculate whether or not Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990.

      He has never admitted to it, we can only speculate upon the fact that several girls were raped and murdered in 1990 and Glenn Beck was alive during that time.

      So its doesn’t matter if he raped them or not, we can only speculate that he did murder them.

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    • r1blue1
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 7:43pm

      hey bags, I would like to apologize for the people calling you names. although I do not agree with you, I understand that you are only doing your job. it must be nice to be on the center for American progress payroll. it makes me happy to see that we are occupying your time. this keeps you busy with us instead of doing other things that will further the destruction of the united states.

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on September 17, 2010 at 3:02am

      @CARRERA
      Not every Christian believes as you do…some of my views are different from your but I hold close my Christian faith as much as you do. Perhaps that is the way the President feels…..there are many paths to God and no one path is better or more accepted by Christ than another. The way you stated what you wrote insinuated that one Christian faith is better than another Christian faith. You need to learn to love your neighbor, especially if that neighbor is a Christian with different views.

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  • Freelancer
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:13am

    Sshhhh…. I’m basking in the afterglow of the “peaceful and tolerant” religion…. Please don’t destroy the mood.

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