GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: US warns of possible February attacks by al-Qaida-linked Somali extremists in Burundi, Uganda

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Canadian Press

27January2011 4:48pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: WASHINGTON — The United States is warning Americans of the potential for terrorist attacks in the east African nations of Burundi and Uganda next month, possibly by Somali extremists with links to al-Qaida.

The U.S. embassies in Bujumbura, in Burundi, and Kampala, in Uganda, issued near identical alerts to Americans on Tuesday. The warnings say that regional terror groups remain actively interested in attacking U.S. interests in Burundi and Uganda.

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