Virtually all of the US Embassies in the Middle East will be closed down this weekend due to specific threats from our President’s Muslim friends in the region. Whether the shutdown is a paranoid over-reaction to Benghazi’s fallout or something even more serious cannot be know by us outsiders.
But one thing can be known. The President’s penchant for all things Muslim Brotherhood is coming home to roost. He has been emboldening our unindicted enemy Islam since he stole office. Every single speech, every single policy, every single invite to the White House, and virtually every friendship perpetuates his ill-conceived outreach to “the great religion of Islam”, the Muslim Brotherhood, or their clones-in-spirit, enabling Communists. Obama is the great promoter of growing Islamic boldness and terror. He is the prime influence behind the failure of US policy regarding Islam. Why? Because he denies the threat. He is blind to who the enemy is. Why? Because he is actually one of them, in heart, if not by overt declaration. Although I don’t know how much more overt he could possibly become to be known as one of the greatest proponents of Islam among world leaders.
Is it obvious yet that voters have been on the wrong side voting for what’s best for our nation, and Obama ain’t it – and remaining blind to the evil of Islam and the Brotherhood and Islam’s Sharia ain’t it? Nope. I guess not.
Here’s more from ABC News and Robert Spencer, noted scholar and truth teller on Islam, banned from the United Kingdom by the Home Office because they believe truth will incite Muslim violence in Britain. (no kidding – after all, truth is considered the new hate speech)
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U.S. issues global travel alert, closes embassies in Muslim countries because of imminent threat of jihad attacks
This is the President, you may recall, who was going to mend relations with the Islamic world. Yet after four and a half years of his appeasement policies, the jihadis are bolder than ever. An update on this story. "US issues global travel alert over Al Qaeda threat, prepares to close embassies," from FoxNews.com, August 2:
The State Department issued a worldwide travel alert on Friday to U.S. citizens over an Al Qaeda terror threat as Washington prepared to close its embassies and consulates throughout the Muslim world this Sunday over security concerns.U.S. officials have not offered many details on the nature of the threat, but apparently are taking it seriously.
A White House official said Friday night President Obama was being updated on "a potential threat occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula."
"There is a significant threat stream and we're reacting to it," said Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He told ABC News in an interview to be aired Sunday that the threat was "more specific" than previous ones and the "intent is to attack Western, not just U.S. interests."...
Great Britain announced Friday night it would also close its embassy in Yemen "as a precautionary measure" on Sunday and Monday and urged its nationals to leave the country.
The travel alert issued Friday warned Americans of the "continued potential for terrorist attacks, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, and possibly occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula."
It said: "Current information suggests that al-Qa'ida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond, and that they may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August."
The alert reminded Americans about the potential for attacks on transit systems and other "tourist infrastructure."
Pentagon officials also said there is an increased alert among security personnel in the region in response to the Al Qaeda terror threats.
"Actions have been taken," one Pentagon official told Fox News.
Retired Gen. Jack Keane, a Fox News military analyst, said the threat is yet another sign that Al Qaeda and its affiliates are emboldened -- and stressed that the U.S. needs to do a better job securing its embassies.
"It has got to be one of our top priorities," he told Fox News.
Keane said it appears Al Qaeda is trying build off the Benghazi terror attack. "When they sense weakness, they attack," he said. "They believe that we're pulling back, and they were stunned ... that we did not come after them immediately after that attack."
State Department officials said Thursday, after announcing the temporary shutdown of embassies and consulates on Sunday, that they were acting out of an "abundance of caution."
Spokeswoman Marie Harf cited information indicating a threat to U.S. facilities overseas and said some diplomatic facilities may stay closed for more than a day.
Sunday is a normal workday in many Arab and Middle Eastern countries, meaning that is where the closures will have an impact. Embassies in Europe and Latin America would be shuttered that day anyway. The State Department on Friday released a list of 21 embassies and consulates affected.
"We have instructed all U.S. embassies and consulates that would have normally been open on Sunday to suspend operations, specifically on August 4," a senior State Department official said Thursday night. "It is possible we may have additional days of closing as well."
Other U.S. officials said the threat was specifically in the Muslim world....
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