71.   Yet, neither would they set any deadlines or make any specific threats to use force.

72.   Police officials insisted Thursday that the memo was not a response to any specific threats.

73.   A brief State Department statement provided no details of the threats except that there was no evidence of specific threats against private Americans.

74.   A spokeswoman said there had been no specific threat against either place.

75.   A spokesman for St. Petersburg police said he was unaware of any specific threats directed at Americans.

76.   Airlines and other industry officials said any warnings they received were not about a specific threat.

77.   Ali said the move was precautionary and authorities have not received any specific threat.

78.   And as I mentioned earlier, had it been a specific threat, we would have contacted those to whom the threat was directed.

79.   An embassy spokesman declined Thursday to say whether there was a specific threat against the embassy.

80.   An embassy telephone hotline reiterated there were no specific threats against Americans and said there was no need for Americans coming to Bahrain to cancel their travel plans.