DATE=12/14/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-242971
TITLE=U-S / TERROR THREAT (L ONLY)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  U-S CITIZENS IN SEVEN COUNTRIES AROUND THE PERSIAN GULF 
ARE BEING WARNED OF POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACKS DURING THE NEXT 30
DAYS.  FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS. 

TEXT:  U-S OFFICIALS SAY THE WARNING IS BASED ON WHAT THEY 
DESCRIBE AS A CREDIBLE AND SERIOUS THREAT OF POSSIBLE TERRORIST 
ATTACK. 

STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES FOLEY SAYS U-S EMBASSIES IN 
SEVEN GULF COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN CONTACTING U-S CITIZENS TO URGE 
THEM TO TAKE ADDITIONAL SECURITY PRECAUTIONS. 

                       /// FOLEY ACT /// 

         THE FOLLOWING WARDEN MESSAGE WAS RELEASED OVER THE 
         WEEKEND BY U-S EMBASSIES.  THE EMBASSY HAS INFORMATION 
         INDICATING A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT TERRORIST ELEMENTS 
         ARE PLANNING AN ATTACK AGAINST U-S TARGETS IN THE GULF, 
         POSSIBLY IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. 

                        /// END ACT /// 

U-S OFFICIALS HAVE REFUSED TO IDENTIFY THE GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL 
THAT MADE THE THREAT, BUT THEY SAY WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN 
KUWAIT, OMAN, BAHRAIN, QATAR, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI 
ARABIA, AND YEMEN. 

NEWS REPORTS FROM THE REGION SAY U-S MILITARY PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN
PUT UNDER CURFEW AND TOLD NOT TO GATHER IN LARGE NUMBERS IN 
PUBLIC PLACES. 

MORE THAN 40-THOUSAND U-S CITIZENS LIVE IN THE REGION, INCLUDING 
ABOUT NINE-THOUSAND MEMBERS OF THE U-S MILITARY. SECURITY IN THE 
REGION HAS BEEN A MAJOR CONCERN SINCE THE DEADLY ATTACKS IN SAUDI
ARABIA THAT LEFT 24 AMERICANS DEAD IN 1995 AND 1996. (SIGNED) 

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