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reasons. In those instances, U.S. embassies and consulates will make every effort
to provide emergency services to American citizens. Monitor the local news and
maintain contact with the nearest American embassy or consulate.
As the Department continues to develop information on any potential
security threats to Americans overseas, it shares credible threat information
through its Consular Information Program documents, available on the Inter-
net at
http://travel.state.gov.
In addition to information on the Internet, U.S.
travelers can get up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-
407-4747 in the U.S. and outside the U.S. and Canada on a regular toll line
at 1-317-472-2328.
Source: http://travel.state.gov/wwc1.html, March 24, 2003.
Clearly, the government of the United States anticipates further acts
of terror against American citizens. Virtually all of the governments of
Western European nations have issued similar warnings to their own citi-
zens. It is only a matter of time before another such attack shocks the con-
science of the world. In the meantime, what can you do? As a company or
an individual you must immediately prepare to face the security challenges
of the post 9/11 world. You can effectively lower your risk of being attacked
by increasing security measures (physical, technical, and procedural). By
limiting access to your facility or home, you reduce your vulnerability to
any type of attack and therefore make an attacker realize that an action
against you is not likely to be successful. The less vulnerable we are, the
less attractive we are to any criminal or terrorist planning an attack. The
following chapters will teach readers how to be less vulnerable.
NOTES
1.
According to a CNN report, Bin Laden stated that the September 11 attacks
had “shaken the throne of America and hit hard the American economy
at its heart and its core.” Bin Laden said that if the U.S. economy suffers
enough, Americans will withdraw from Islamic countries. Bin Laden observed
that the attacks were easy to carry out and showed that America's economic
strength has fragile underpinnings. “It collapsed very easily,” he said. Source:
CNN report on the Bin Laden video dated December 27, 2001.
2.
This statement was released to state and local law enforcement by the FBI's
National Press Office on October 9, 2002.
