This didn’t get any play where I posted it first, so let’s try it here:

The United States and Britain warned their citizens to avoid a camel bazaar in western India because of the risk of terrorist activity.

“That’s right,” one British spokesperson said to a group of sniggering reporters. “I said ‘camel bazaar’ — yes, a real terrorist thre — oh, honestly, you bloody… quit laughing!”

As near as the reporters were able to determine (what with the distraction from all the chuckling and head-shaking and asking themselves what else Britain and the U.S. would think up to add to the pile of directionless dread they seem hellbent on heaping on the general public to keep the war-fervor high), the centuries-old bazaar is held annually in the desert town of Pushkar, in Rajasthan state some 200 miles southwest of New Delhi, putting it about 1600 miles east-by-northeast of Friggin’ Nowhere. Hundreds of thousands of camels, horses and cattle are sold during the fair, which has become a popular tourist event.

“Well it has,” one U.S. spokesperson, nearly reduced to tears, shouted over the resurgent peals of helpless laughter from the pressbox. “It has so become a popular tourist event.”

“While we have no indication of a specific threat to American citizens, we advise that they should avoid this event,” the U.S. Embassy statement said of the Pushkar bazaar. “Not as though we need to say that, really.” He might have continued. “Seriously, there isn’t any more chance that American tourists will be visiting a camel bazaar in Pushkar than there is of a salient thought pushing it’s way to the front of GW’s head… wait, is this mic still on?”

The British Embassy issued a similar advisory about the camel bazaar. “Pushkar fair, which starts today, is assessed as being a potential target of terrorist activity,” the statement said, calling upon all the famed self-control in entire British genepool to keep a straight face.

Neither embassy said what terrorist group posed a threat at Pushkar — as yet they’ve been unable to find a legitimate terrorist group even willing to admit they know where the bazaar is at.

“You can’t be serious, Pushkar?” one alleged terrorist muttered. “Great Merciful Allah, they’re really reaching now, y’know?”

I guess -- and I mean this in the kindest way -- I'm not sure of the humor, aside from the intrinsic humor of large camel bazaars. I mean, it's actually a much more *specific* warning than most of the dross from the State Dept. ("Avoid Asia! Possible terrorists there!"). This, at least, is a specific event.

As to it being a popular tourist draw - well, there's no accounting for tourism.

All that aside, of course, it was written most amusingly.

"Terrorist threat in Camel Bazaar"

Credible threat? Sure.
Parody news item that practically writes itself? AbsoLUTEly.