{"id":73250,"date":"2022-11-01T15:19:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T13:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=73250"},"modified":"2022-11-02T09:14:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T07:14:51","slug":"us-announced-terror-warnings-in-africa-should-not-be-disregarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/us-announced-terror-warnings-in-africa-should-not-be-disregarded\/","title":{"rendered":"US announced terror warnings in Africa should not be disregarded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>Umamah Bakharia\u00a0<\/em>|\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ub@radioislam.co.za\">ub@radioislam.co.za<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">2 min read<br \/>\n1 November 2022 | 13:00 CAT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the United States issued two terror warnings in Africa- one in Nigeria and the other in South Africa. Critics have since come out criticising the US government for the unverified and misleading information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"73200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/10857308_1001905219824322_7125807320454720681_o-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10857308_1001905219824322_7125807320454720681_o-1.jpg?fit=2048%2C1356&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1356\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10857308_1001905219824322_7125807320454720681_o (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10857308_1001905219824322_7125807320454720681_o-1.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10857308_1001905219824322_7125807320454720681_o-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73200 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10857308_1001905219824322_7125807320454720681_o-1.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the South African government dismissed the claims as the US did not communicate regarding the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em><strong>Radio Islam International<\/strong><\/em>, Defence and Intelligence analyst Helmoed Heitman says the warning is not the US surveillance issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Americans have a lot of attacks on America in other countries, so they are prone to be more cautious than others are, so they will issue a warning &#8211; every time you pick up something not necessarily something happens,&#8221; says Heitman.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that South Africa is not free from being a target for terrorist groups as the nation is much like Westen nations, which pose a threat to terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You get the lone wolf, and they are not controlled by anybody &#8211; they are the risk in South Africa,&#8221; he says<\/p>\n<p>However, Heitman says bigger terrorist groups might have more to lose if they target SA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think ISIS will run an attack in South Africa partly because they use South Africa as a transit for funds for meetings or communications,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Listen to the full interview here:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"US announced terror warnings in Africa by Radio Islam International\" width=\"1080\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1374105631&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=1080\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umamah Bakharia\u00a0|\u00a0ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 1 November 2022 | 13:00 CAT Last week, the United States issued two terror warnings in Africa- one in Nigeria and the other in South Africa. 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