One of the most present stories in the media today, in both the USA and all of Europe, are about the resent terrorist threats from Al Qaeda this past week. There has been a warning to take precautions in all airports, subway stations, buses, etc while traveling throughout Europe, especially the UK, France and Germany.
This of course has all of our parents in a panic. I myself will be traveling to Amsterdam this weekend and am a little nervous. However, since I did my presentation, I have been using Publico.es as my news source in Spain (the translated version of course.) This morning I came across an article pertaining to the terrorist warning, saying that the EU was a little disappointed that the information was leeked to the U.S. because they are now preventing citizens from traveling to Europe. To my understanding, Europe seems to be taking it a lot lighter than the U.S.
"London is aware that the possibility of an attack by Al Qaeda is always present but does not believe that this threat is different today from other times of year."
Also, "The paper said British officials see no link between drone attacks the U.S. military is doing in the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan and the alleged series of coordinated attacks in Europe that U.S. talks."
I could be getting this wrong because of the choppy translation, but I'm a little confused as to why it would be a problem for the U.S. to take such precautions. Is this a bad thing? Or is there just a miscommunication somewhere?
Público is quite a leftist newspaper. With modern design I should say and fun to read. But they look at things from a socialist perspective. Democrats are too conservative for these guys…
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