Thursday, March 10, 2011

US issues a travel warning to Saudi Arabia

"... America issued its own warning on travel to Saudi Arabia today, following up on British Airways' decision to ground its services to the Gulf state. The US state department updated its travel warning to alert Americans to "increased security concerns in Saudi Arabia".
BA announced yesterday that it had temporarily scrapped its four services a week to Jeddah and Riyadh after holding talks with the Department for Transport.
The state department warned all Americans to postpone non-essential travel, due to the "potential for further terrorist actions".The warning added: "The US Government has received indications of terrorist threats aimed at American and Western interests, including the targeting of transportation and civil aviation."There is credible information that terrorists have targeted Western aviation interests in Saudi Arabia."..."

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