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Turkey Alert: Families of U.S. Consulate (Istanbul) ordered to leave over safety concerns

wvva.com/ap reported the State Department is ordering family members of employees posted to the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul to leave because of security concerns.

In a statement issued Saturday, the State Department says the decision is based on security information indicating extremist groups are continuing aggressive efforts to attack U.S. citizens in areas of Istanbul where they reside or frequent.

The Consulate General remains open and fully staffed. The order applies only to the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, not to other U.S. diplomatic posts in Turkey. Read Full Article

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Menorca Spain Hotel: Outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease

dailystar.co.uk reported up to 17 people have contacted lawyers after their Menorca holiday was cut short. An outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease at the hotel forced some to return home early and others to seek urgent medical treatment. The holidaymakers reported suffering painful spots and sores after the outbreak at their hotel at […]

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German tourist town asks for help, problems posed by crime among refugees

zerohedge.com reported…As German chancellor Angela Merkel begins to wake up to what her ‘open borders’ policy has unleashed on the citizenry, none other than the mayor of the popular Bavarian resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen has penned a letter to the regional government begging them to tackle the “massive problems” posed by crime rates among refugees, while […]

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Al-Qaeda plotting terror attacks in Britian and Europe per defence secretary

express.co.uk / TERROR WARNING: al-Qaeda plotting wave of attacks on BRITAIN as part of deadly resurgence HEINOUS al-Qaeda is planning a string of terror attacks across Europe as part of a comeback once Islamic State is defeated, it has been claimed. Read Article

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ISIS encourages Jihadists to use random knife attacks to commit assasinations

pjmedia.com reported a new magazine issued by the Islamic State advises lone jihadists to get over any squeamishness about using knives and embrace sharp objects as “widely available” weapons of jihad in nighttime stabbing campaigns. A footnote in the article states that ISIS won’t be using the term “lone wolf,” but “just terror operations” — […]

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Ankara Turkey: Germany temporarily closes embassy, fear of attack

dw.com reported Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in Ankara, reportedly because of fears of an attack. Turks are said to be outraged by a German magazine’s depiction of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a dictator. Germany closed its embassy and all other consular offices in Turkey on Wednesday, with reports that officials feared the […]

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Paris France turning into a migrant camp (Video)_

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Paris France: Police arrest teenager on suspicion of imminent Islamist terror plot

mirror.co.uk reported French police have arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of being part of an imminent Islamist terror plot in Paris. The schoolboy, who has not been named, is accused of planning an attack in a public place in the French capital, one of the legal sources said. The teenager is also alleged to […]

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GERMANY: Interior Minister warns more than 500 Islamic militants present

Reuters, yahoo.com reported Germany’s interior minister has warned that the country is home to more than 500 Islamic militants who could be capable of carrying out assaults on their own or as members of “hit teams.” Speaking in an interview with Bild newspaper, Thomas de Maiziere said there were currently at least 520 “potential attackers” […]

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Germans tolds to stockpile food and water in event of national emergency

bbc.com reported for the first time since the Cold War the German government is advising citizens to stockpile food and water for use in a national emergency….The document said “an attack on German territory, requiring conventional defence of the nation, is unlikely”. But, it said, a major security threat to the nation in future could […]

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