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"U.S. raising terrorism alert level for rail, metro"

Thursday, July 7, 2005

U.S. raising terrorism alert level for rail, metro

  
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is raising the terrorist threat
level for rail and mass transit systems, but not for airlines, after the
bomb blasts that rocked London, a U.S. government official said on Thursday.

The official said the alert level for trains and subways would be raised to
orange, which signifies a high risk of terrorist attack, from yellow, the
mid-point on the five-point color-coded system.

Michael Chertoff, the secretary of homeland security, plans to hold a news
conference at 11:45 a.m. EDT to discuss the bombings in London and give an
update about domestic protective measures.

The terrorism alert level was last raised in August last year to orange for
the financial services sector in New York City, northern New Jersey and
Washington D.C., based on intelligence that al Qaeda was targeting specific
buildings. It was lowered back to yellow on Nov. 10, 2004.

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