US Embassy in Sudan Warns of Terror Threat
June 24, 2009 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
The U.S. embassy in Sudan is warning of a threat by Islamist extremists to attack the Sudanese government as well as “Western interests.”
A statement on the U.S. embassy website warned that a post on a radical Islamist website threatened an attack on the Sudanese government. It indicated the threat is related to the recent death of a suspected Islamic extremist.
The statement provided few details of the threat, but warned that calls for violence against the government as well as “Western interests” could also be made during prayers on Friday, and urged Americans in Sudan to exercise caution.
Sudan has been on the U.S. government’s list of state sponsors of terrorism since 1993. Sudanese officials have been pushing Washington to remove Sudan from the list in recent years, as the country has cooperated in sharing intelligence as part of the war on terror. The United States says terrorists remain active in the country.
