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Terror Warning Prompts U.S. Embassy Closing in U.A.E.; WMD Attack Cited as “Possible Threat”
A “specific threat” forced the United States to close its embassy today in the United Arab Emirates, the mission said today (see GSN, June 23, 2003). “Embassy Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General in Dubai have temporarily suspended operations for Wednesday, March 24, in light of a specific threat to the Embassy in Abu Dhabi,” said an embassy official statement. “The embassy and consulate will be assessing their security posture on the Thursday-Friday weekend with regard to the re-opening Saturday,” it added (U.S. Embassy statement). The threat comes on the heels of Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. The U.S. State Department expressed concern about a possible terrorist attack on U.S. interests in the Middle East and included the possibility of the use of weapons of mass destruction. “Credible information has indicated terrorist groups may be planning attacks against U.S. interests in the Middle East,” the department said in its travel warning to U.S. citizens in the region. “While conventional weapons such as explosive devices are a more immediate threat in many areas, use of nonconventional weapons, including chemical or biological agents must be considered a possible threat,” the statement added (Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, March 24).
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