[国际新闻] 恐怖笼罩国庆日 美国机场巡逻兵手不离扳机

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格拉斯哥机场遭受恐怖袭击后，英国国内其它机场、欧洲各地以至美国的机场，都如惊弓之鸟，纷纷加强保安。7月4日美国国庆节即将来临，美国当局更不敢怠慢，白宫发言人斯诺称，民航业受到的威胁仍高。% j9 W+ O% m6 x; i% ~) q9 Y

+ _  Y. w# ?6 h　　目前，在美国各大机场候机大楼里已经配备持M-16的士兵执勤，他们手指片刻不离扳机，让不少美国人再次感受到自“9·11”以来少有的紧张气息。. u6 s; G$ V# J6 M

* Y8 h6 o0 P7 \7 Wrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de　　斯诺说，联邦运输安全局会采取相应的措施，确保旅客的安全，但官员强调，无证据显示美国实时受到威胁，当局无意提高安全警戒级别。自2006年8月以来，美国的机场一直处于第二高的“橙色”警戒级别。美国国庆节假期即将来临，相信各地机场会十分繁忙。
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" i+ n9 L# T1 q$ h+ J9 [　　此外，美国纽约肯尼迪国际机场的美国航空客运大楼7月1日发现可疑包裹，当局要紧急疏散旅客，但客运大楼其后已经重开。有鉴于英国日前发生汽车炸弹袭击事件，美国政府称，会密切注视情况，以及加强美国机场和主要交通枢纽的保安。人在德国 社区1 J2 r$ g) B* L" o0 c0 [

$ d- G1 n) l# m, D　　美国国土安全部则未有将恐袭预警升级，目前美国处于五级安全警戒中的第三级，即代表“中等威胁”的黄色级别。美国白宫发言人说，目前还没有针对美国的明确恐怖威胁，当局正“密切监察和评估情况，以便随时对政策作出变更。”
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3 M" Q( Y( y2 K& h　　但由于后天是美国独立纪念日假期，美国官员对情况仍然警惕。国土安全部长切尔托夫表示，会在当地的交通枢纽加强保安，又指当中有保安措施会秘密进行。而交通安全管理组则增派人员在驻守机场，旅客可能要延长等候时间。* ?6 G# [7 N# A9 g% {1 s5 G

: ~, d. m+ T8 j* P5 D# T* i- v' _' S0 |人在德国 社区　　目前，从美国首都华盛顿到西岸最大城市洛杉矶的机场内，到处可见持枪警察和巡逻的执勤人员。在机场候机大楼，不时有手持M-16自动步枪的美国士兵走来走去执勤，他们全副武装，手指片刻不离扳机。不少美国人说，他们再次感受到自“9·11”以来少有的紧张气息。
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+ b6 ]8 c' X  \0 r6 N& G6 G人在德国 社区　　在这次预防恐怖袭击中，美国安全部门将国内机场的警戒水平提得比国际机场还要高，最主要的原因是，7月4日美国国庆日就要来临，届时全美国将有数以百万计的人乘飞机出行度假，国内机场承担了大部分运输任务。人在德国 社区+ D+ O# N6 r7 }+ r& W$ [+ N) R
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In this file photo, an airport employee checks a passenger's boarding passes as he enters a security checkpoint in terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, November 22, 2006. The United States boosted security at airports following what British police called a terrorist attack at Glasgow airport and car bombs found in London, but left the U.S. threat level unchanged.
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, P( O: f7 J% U+ T& P6 IU.S. tightens airport and transit securityrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ G: N, W' R9 A

8 G8 }3 S: g8 W4 ZThe Associated PressPublished: July 1, 2007
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& y; U5 k1 u, l! F. j5 Z! ^6 [KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine: U.S. airports and mass transit systems were tightening security in response to the terrorist incidents in Britain, the Bush administration said.0 _4 x7 j' p; ]7 B8 n
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The United States, however, is not raising its terror alert status, President George W. Bush's spokesman and the homeland security secretary said Saturday. "There is no indication of any specific or credible threat to the United States - no change in the overall security level," the spokesman, Tony Snow, told reporters in Maine.8 ~6 v6 h& _- r7 J. g( y
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Britain raised its security alert to the highest level possible, an indication that terrorist attacks are imminent.  v* I' N, t8 j1 r

+ [0 @0 r! a0 S人在德国 社区Snow said that the British government had notified the White House in advance and that the move did not provoke any change in the threat assessment in the United States. "We constantly monitor and assess the situation, and adjust our posture as necessary," Snow said.
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3 o  W# Z& r7 `人在德国 社区Still, U.S. officials were wary. Acting out of "an abundance of caution" ahead of the U.S. Independence Day holiday on July 4, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the government was putting in place plans to increase security at airports, on mass transit and at transportation facilities.人在德国 社区/ P+ R1 ]0 s: `3 x; v. f4 m3 U

7 L8 O! M5 q! b. P5 S7 e) s人在德国 社区"Some of these measures will be visible; others will not," he said in a statement. "We have no plans at this time to change the national threat level, although we remind everyone that the aviation threat level has been raised to orange since last fall."
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5 v1 d' U# g6 g! P; g3 AOrange is the second highest of five levels on the U.S. terror alert chart and indicates a high risk of terrorist attacks. The current national threat level is yellow, or the third highest, indicating an elevated threat.
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" u3 v1 g- S1 y6 o' ^+ @  ^3 x1 trs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe Transportation Security Administration is posting more agents outside terminals at some airports, Snow said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 M# B$ v. s7 D# w

, x3 h; l; d5 m"There will be some inconvenience of passengers in terms of longer wait times," Snow said. The local police also may take separate measures, he added.
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5 V, j: R  a4 ]+ ]) s' jThe police stepped up curbside patrols with canine units at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Newark Liberty in New Jersey and John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports in New York, took "a number of measures as we always do to respond to security situations immediately," a spokesman, Steve Coleman, said.9 M; i& X+ j; }! W3 x

' d, B$ U$ P7 \1 X1 Q4 J3 S, \At Reagan National and Dulles International airports, a spokesman for the Washington airport authority, Ron Yingling, said some measures are behind the scenes. "I don't think there's anything different in what passengers have to physically do to get through security that's different from yesterday."0 f1 Y) z( _' v
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An FBI spokesman, Richard Kolko, said the bureau stood ready to help the British authorities.
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; N$ s6 \7 V0 r+ y8 ]5 g& R人在德国 社区Australia's government heightened its travel warning for Britain on Sunday, The Associated Press reported from Canberra. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade upgraded its danger warning one level, to three, on a scale of five.
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# G7 }4 G' V8 ^# }, G人在德国 社区Australians traveling to Britain are urged to exercise a "high degree of caution," the department's Web site said.
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The upgrade puts security warnings for Britain on par with Iran, Guatemala, Jordan, Rwanda and Uzbekistan.( M" |9 o* n2 F; [+ D4 v
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Prime Minister John Howard, who will preside over a meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum leaders in Sydney in September, said the British security alert did not affect Australia's own terrorist threat level.
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; L% X2 c7 j& K% X% Q0 r2 ^' MThe police checked drivers into Kennedy Airport Sunday after a blazing car smashed into Glasgow Airport in a failed bombing.