Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- [Although the story was probably not written as a parable, Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" can be read as such in the current context. To reacquaint yourselves with it, see: http://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/masquec.htm] Thursday August 30 2:39 PM ET U.S. Closes Sofia, Bucharest Embassies to Public WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassies in the Bulgarian capital Sofia and the Romanian capital Bucharest closed to the public on Thursday after the United States received information about a possible threat related to the Middle East, a U.S. official said. ``We had information about a possible threat and it's being evaluated,'' said the official, who asked not to be named. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the embassies would review their ``security postures'' before reopening to the public ``at the appropriate time.'' He linked the closures to a ``worldwide caution'' for Americans abroad, which the State Department issued on June 22. That caution mentioned the possibility of attacks on Americans by groups connected with Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, who has been charged with planning the bombings at the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. But Boucher said one should not automatically draw the conclusion that bin Laden's group was behind the reported threat to the embassies in eastern Europe. The unnamed official said it was related to the Middle East, but not necessarily to the last 11 months of violence between Israel and the Palestinians. Boucher said the embassies were working with the Bulgarian and Romanian authorities and getting excellent support. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
