{"id":29718,"date":"2016-11-02T08:19:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T08:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=29718"},"modified":"2016-11-02T08:19:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T08:19:22","slug":"us-citizens-in-india-get-isis-security-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/us-citizens-in-india-get-isis-security-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"US citizens in India get ISIS security alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The enhanced threat perception India currently faces could affect foreign visitor inflow as the peak travel season begins in the country. The US Embassy in New Delhi issued a terror alert for its citizens in India, warning of increased threat of Westerners being targeted in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-29719\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ISIS_3065099f.jpg\" alt=\"online news portal\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Titled &#8216;security message for US citizens&#8217;, the alert says: &#8220;The US Embassy warns of an increased threat to places in India frequented by Westerners, such as religious sites, markets and festival venues. All US citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-29722\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/P3278362.jpg\" alt=\"online news portal\" width=\"648\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/P3278362.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/P3278362-768x668.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The embassy has also mentioned increased risk from &#8220;ISIL aka Da&#8217;esh&#8221; (Islamic State terror group) and asked its citizens to refer to the &#8220;worldwide caution&#8221; issued by the US state department less than two months ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29721\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/isis-mosul-647_110116101617.jpg\" alt=\"online news portal\" width=\"647\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding India specifically, the US state department caution issued on September 9, 2016, says: &#8220;India continues to experience terrorist and insurgent activities which may affect US citizens directly or indirectly. Anti-western terrorist groups active in India include Islamist extremist groups such as Harkat-ul-Jihad-i-Islami, Harakat ul-Mujahidin, Indian Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Lashkar-e-Taiba.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The enhanced threat perception India currently faces could affect foreign visitor inflow as the peak travel season begins in the country. The US Embassy in New Delhi issued a terror alert for its citizens in India, warning of increased threat of Westerners being targeted in India. Titled &#8216;security message for US citizens&#8217;, the alert says: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[12497,12496,510,12498,12500,12494,12495,7270,12499,919,12493],"class_list":["post-29718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politicalnews","category-top-stories","tag-harakat-ul-mujahidin","tag-harkat-ul-jihad-i-islami","tag-india","tag-indian-mujahideen","tag-isis-latest-news","tag-isis-security","tag-islamic-state-terror-group","tag-jaish-e-mohammed","tag-lashkar-e-taiba","tag-security","tag-us-citizens"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/india-topper.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}