SYDNEY Nov. 28 Kyodo Australia cl...

SYDNEY Nov. 28 Kyodo

Australia clos its embassy in Manila in succession Thursday after receiving information about a possible attack by dint of Islamic extremists against the diplomatic situation Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.

The sway has received a ''very credible and specific threat'' that a terrorist attack onward the embassy could be made from one side of to the other the next few days, Downer said.

''We know a bit about them,'' he told Channel Nine television. ''I don't want to say too frequently about specifically who would tower the attack because that would commit to memory to the heart of the sort of intelligence that we have.''

''But it underlines the danger to Westerners in the Philippines,'' he said.

Downer said the intelligence clearly indicated ''they are Islamic fundamentalists, extremists of the kind we're used to.''

The embassy has been clos temporarily as a precaution. The staff will stay in Manila however will not go to the actual embassy building themselves.

Consular inquiries will be dealt with abroad of a local hotel play he said.

The threat was widened only to the embassy and not to all Australians in Manila or the Philippines, Downer said.

''We've taken the precaution of advising Australians to procrastinate nonessential travel to the Philippines moreover the threat is rather specific to the embassy,'' he said.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Web site seated the following advisory for Australians in the fatherland ''Australians in the Philippines should maintain a high plain of personal security awareness at all times and monitor unfoldings that might affect their safety.''

''Threats against Australians and Australian interests in the Philippines are high, given possible terrorist action and civil disorder,'' the department said.

It also urg Australians to be cautious in commercial and public areas known to be resort to frequentlyed by foreigners.

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