# U.S. Issues Urgent Terror Alerts as Iran-Backed Threats Escalate Across Middle East and Homeland

In the past 48 hours, U.S. officials have issued urgent warnings about escalating terrorist threats tied to Iran-aligned militias, though no attacks have struck American soil directly. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad alerted Americans Friday that Iran-backed terrorist militias may launch attacks in central Baghdad within 24 to 48 hours, urging all U.S. citizens to leave Iraq immediately, according to the embassy's security advisory reported by 6ABC and Knowknewz. Potential targets include U.S. citizens, diplomatic facilities, universities, hotels, and energy infrastructure, with risks of kidnappings highlighted. Domestically, FBI Director Kash Patel warned Wednesday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, that foreign terror sleeper-cell threats inside the U.S. are real and have grown during the Biden years, citing recent incidents like an Iran-backed Hezbollah radical's vehicle attack on a Michigan synagogue in March, as Fox News reports. Senator David McCormick linked the dangers to past border policies, criticizing Democrats amid a DHS funding dispute. Overseas tensions fuel concerns for Americans: The U.S. Embassy in Beirut cautioned Friday that Iran and its proxies specifically threaten American universities across the Middle East, including in Lebanon, where airstrikes, drones, and rockets plague the south, Beqaa Valley, and Beirut suburbs, per Fox News and the Times of Israel. The State Department urges U.S. citizens to flee while flights operate, with over 9,000 already evacuated from the region. Amid a broader U.S.-Iran conflict, Iran-allied Islamic Resistance claimed 19 drone and missile strikes on U.S. bases in Iraq Friday, Al Jazeera reports, while Pentagon data notes 247 U.S. troops wounded and 13 deaths across Gulf fronts. No confirmed plots or incidents have materialized on U.S. territory in this window, but officials stress vigilance against sleeper cells and proxy threats. Thank you for tuning in, listeners—please subscribe for more updates. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.