[[doesn't make sense. Why would you go to the second highest alert?].
Heightened Alert Level at European Bases Comes Ahead of Busy Summer of Soccer, Olympics
Military.com | By
Konstantin Toropin
Published July 01, 2024 at 5:08pm ET
U.S. military bases across Europe were put on heightened alert over the weekend due to concerns that terrorist activity or attacks on personnel or installations are "likely," according to an
Army explanation of the threat level.
However, Pentagon officials said Monday that the move to put all Europe bases on the second-highest alert status was not done out of any specific threat but rather an abundance of caution, given several major public events happening over the summer on the continent, including the Euro Cup soccer tournament and the Olympics.
"It was due to a combination of factors potentially impacting the safety and security of service members stationed in the European theater," Sabrina Singh, Pentagon spokeswoman, told reporters Monday. "I'm not going to get into more specifics on the intelligence itself, but it's not a single threat -- it's a combination of different factors."
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However, both Singh and defense officials said that the unusual increase in defensive posture is less about a specific terrorist threat and more about an overabundance of caution amid a busy summer packed with major events on the continent.
One official said that the move was done "out of concern of a combination of factors, such as ongoing and upcoming large public forums including the Euro Cup and the Olympics, along with an increasing threat of attacks by potential bad actors against various non-military targets in Europe."
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