By: Heather Willard | KDVR FOX31
DENVER (KDVR) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Sunday warning of possible cyber attacks and violence, including antisemitic hate crimes, following U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said that he, alongside other governors, was briefed by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem about the bulletin on Sunday.
Colorado officials react to U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites
“The State of Colorado is not aware of any Colorado-specific threats at this time. I have directed our state to coordinate closely with local and federal partners to protect our safety by monitoring and tracking any potential threats to Coloradans and our state’s infrastructure and military assets,” Polis wrote on Facebook.
He also clarified in a comment that the Colorado National Guard has not been activated.
DHS said there are “no specific credible threats against the homeland,” but noted the Iranian government has condemned the U.S. action.
“A heightened threat environment across the United States” is expected to last throughout the summer, the bulletin said.
“The likelihood of violent extremists in the Homeland independently mobilizing to violence in response to the conflict would likely increase if Iranian leadership issued a religious ruling calling for retaliatory violence against targets in the Homeland,” DHS stated in its bulletin. “Multiple recent Homeland terrorist attacks have been motivated by anti-Semitic or anti-Israel sentiment, and the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict could contribute to US-based individuals plotting additional attacks.”
On June 1, Mohamed Sabry Soliman drove from Colorado Springs to Boulder where he threw Molotov cocktails on demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, injuring at least 15 people. Soliman has called himself anti-Zionist, but he is facing a federal hate crime charge and has been called antisemitic by a variety of officials across the nation.
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