| Norway has closed its embassy for visitors in Egypt on Thursday, fearing terrorist acts. A spokesman for the Norwegian Foreign Ministry declared that Norway had received a warning that the embassy might be attacked by terrorists. The special security regime might be continued until Sunday, the Norwegian diplomat said. Norway is on the list of states feared to be possible targets of Islamic terrorists after one of Al-Qaeda leaders called on Moslem believers last May to stage terrorist acts against the United States, Britain, Australia and Norway. The Norwegian government did not support the U.S. military operation in Iraq. Local experts believe that Norway was included in the list of states threatened by terrorists because Norway had sent its peacekeeping contingent to Afghanistan and helped arrest the leader of the Ansar-al Islam radical group in Amsterdam. |