The Wire - November 22, 2023 - Priority

this is the wire for 2000 Zulu November 22nd 2023 precedence is priority information cut off is 1930 bottom line up front incident involving explosion closes United States Canada Border Crossing in New York on the home front in New York at approximately 12:30 p.m. a possible attack was conducted on the Rainbow Bridge linking Canada and the United States at Niagara Falls allegedly two unidentified persons were attempting to enter the US when their vehicle exploded so far authorities indicate two occupants of the vehicle were killed no word on any injuries among cpb Personnel border crossings in the vicinity of Buffalo New York have been closed at this time and various agencies and critical infrastructure locations around New York have increased their security posture the FBI has deployed joint terrorism Task Force personnel to all New York points of Entry authorities are also allegedly searching for a second vehicle of Interest involved with the blast earlier today and comments for this wire as this is a developing situation details are extremely unconfirmed and subject to change no agency so far has described the incident as a deliberate vbied or vehicle born IED attack but all mainstream media reporting so far has claimed quote unquote unnamed sources referring to the incident as a deliberate terror attack however early footage of the incident indicates this may have been a vehicle ramming attack that resulted in an explosion at this time it is too early to determine what happened via open- Source methods considering the highly Dynamic nature of this incident so far and from a personal security and risk assessment standpoint it would behoove citizens to assume this was a deliberate attack until proven otherwise this incident follows multiple generalized warnings of elevated terrorism risks from multiple entities but no specific indicators are present to the general public regarding this specific incident increased situational awareness and vigilance continues to be recommended during this period of heightened risk this concludes the wire for 2000 Zulu November 22nd 20 23