Al Qaeda Threats in Africa

Stay Alert, this would be the second Al Qaeda connected threat we have seen in the past couple days and considering the groups propensity for dramatic attacks we can only hope all Security forces are on higher alert:

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The security threat that led to all U.S. government facilities in South Africa being closed this week came from an al-Qaeda splinter group, a South African newspaper reported on Thursday.

The U.S. facilities were closed from Tuesday following a threat that the U.S. State Department had said was based on "pretty credible information."

The Star newspaper said that, according to "well-placed security sources," the group had telephoned the U.S. embassy in Pretoria on Monday warning of planned attacks against several of the country's buildings in South Africa.

The planned attacks were believed to be in response to last week's killing in Somalia of one of the continent's most wanted al Qaeda suspects in a raid by U.S. commandos, the newspaper said.