US/European Terrorism threat

The British government, along with other European nations have recently raised their terrorist threat warning from general to high. Because of this, the United States has issued a travel alert. Although this is concerning, a "travel alert" is considered to be far less disruptive than a “travel warning”. A travel warning would advise Americans to stay away from particular areas that contain a high threat. The Europeans are aware of our warnings and back us fully. A member of the French foreign ministry, Bernard Valero stated, "We have noted the vigilance recommendations announced by the United States for Americans traveling in Europe, which are in line with the general recommendations we ourselves make to the French population." The evidence that there will be another large terrorist plot is relatively low but European intelligence officials picked up some information about a purported plot from a German citizen of Afghan who was captured in Afghanistan in July. The man's name is Ahmed Sidiqi who was reported traveling to Pakistan to receive firearms and explosive training. Americans traveling through, or living in Europe are strongly advised to be on guard particularly when using public transportation which have been terrorist targets in the past.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/europe/04security.html?_r=1&hp

-Robert Nichols