----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 2:07 AM Subject: Re: U.S. Closes Rome Embassy [STOPNATO.ORG.UK] STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 05/01/01 19:18:20 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << U.S. Embassy in Rome Closes ROME (AP) -- The U.S. Embassy in Rome closed without warning Friday morning because of a possible threat. The embassy said it was reviewing security procedures. About 300 people work at the embassy in the heart of Rome. Employees were told to go home at midmorning Friday and await word on when to return. In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said a decision on when to reopen the embassy would be made over the weekend. Neither he nor embassy officials in Rome would discuss what prompted the closing in any detail. An embassy spokesman said only that ''we received information that would lead us to believe there was a threat.'' ''We take it seriously enough to have taken these measures,'' said the spokesman on condition of anonymity. ''We looked at the information and we think it was sufficient justification to take measures to protect our Italian and American employees.'' Two congressional delegations are expected in Rome over the weekend. The closure is not expected to affect their trips, the spokesman said. The embassy said American consulates elsewhere in Italy would remain open. >> ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
