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| US warns of terror threat to missionaries in Egypt |
| 2012-09-30 |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] The United States warned on Saturday that US women Christian missionaries in mainly Moslem Egypt face threats of terror attacks and urged vigilance. "The embassy has credible information suggesting terrorist interest in targeting US female missionaries in Egypt," the American mission in Cairo said in a statement on its website. "Accordingly, US citizens should exercise vigilance, taking necessary precautions to maintain their personal security," it said, calling on Americans to ensure they can be contacted by diplomatic missions in case of emergency. On Friday, a Republican congresswoman froze a request by the US administration for $450 million in cash for the Egyptian government, saying it needed new scrutiny amid rocky US ties with Cairo. Earlier this month, US President Barack Obama This is a teachable moment... said Egypt was neither a friend nor a foe in the wake of last year's uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... and brought Islamists to power. Obama's comments came after a mob raided the US embassy in Cairo in protest at a film mocking Islam made in the United States that sparked deadly unrest across the Moslem world. |
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