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| Southeast Asia |
| 'Threat' to US Malaysian mission |
| 2005-12-30 |
| The US embassy in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, has been closed in response to what US officials called a terrorist threat. Officials said they were alerted to the threat via several sources and viewed the intelligence as credible. A spokesman was unable to say when the mission would re-open, but said it was in any case due to be closed on Monday for the New Year holiday. Militants in Asia have often seen Western embassies as targets. In September 2004, 11 people died when militants bombed the Australian embassy in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. A number of people suspected of plotting to attack Western embassies in Singapore are still being held in Malaysia under internal security laws. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 And just in case we had any doubts, our anti-American world traveler and pal of Mahathir doubles up as a world famous clown. |
| Posted by: The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-12-30 12:22 |
| #2 A certain anti-American recently was seen in the company of Mahathir Mohammad, the Jew-baiting and America-hating former Prime Minister of Malaysia. There, the San Fran clown spoke at a conference that included the likes of Robert Mugabe, Daniel Ellsberg, and of course, MP George Galloway. What a strange coincidence that our embassy should be threatened while clown-boy is there. Not that he had anything to do with it save for the fact that he shares the same level of hatred for America as do people like Galloway, Ellsberg, and Mahathir. The San Fran clown-boy, according to his own writing, was perhaps engaged in additional activities: Justin Checking Things Out |
| Posted by: The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-12-30 12:20 |
| #1 Please someone publish the USEMBASSY closure dividend. Are there others we can shut down as well? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-30 11:12 |
