There have been several key developments surrounding the possibility of terrorist threats to regions of Europe. The terror threats do not look to be aimed at American’s, however it is possible that attacks could occur on European soil in which Americans are present.

The new threats, which stem from intelligence that officials in the United States and Europe received last week, could target airport lobbies within Europe, and could also target well known monuments and tourist attractions throughout the European continent. The United states as well as Japan have issued travel advisories, urging Americans and Japanese to be careful in their overseas travels to Europe.

Last week intelligence coming from Pakistan, showed that 10 terrorists, 8 which were German, and 2 which were British, had plans, still in the early stages, to attack key areas within Europe using guerrilla tactics, much like those attacks in Mumbai India back in 2008. The terrorists are reportedly hiding out in the mountains of Pakistan.

The Terror warnings seem to have been taken with varying degrees of seriousness throughout the world. Many in the US and Japan will continue their planned trips to Europe, and the New York Knicks, a US NBA team, will continue to hold their practices in Paris, amid the warnings. The state department in the US stated the following in it’s recent warnings to American citizens, “Terrorists may elect to use a variety of means and weapons and target both official and private interests. U.S. citizens are reminded of the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure. Terrorists have targeted and attacked subway and rail systems, as well as aviation and maritime services.”

In the past 9 years, we have seen a number of alerts like the ones we have seen this last week, however, the vast majority of them end without any major terror incident occurring. Hopefully that will be the case this time around.