WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has warned of the prospect of an Al Qaida-aligned attack in Tunisia.

The State Department asserted that Islamic insurgents were preparing an attack in Tunisia. The department urged Americans in Tunisia to be alert to the prospect of an Islamic strike between now and the next three months.

"We received information regarding the possible planning of terrorist activity in Tunisia," State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said on Wednesday. "And on the basis of that information, we needed to take certain security precautions."

In an advisory, the department said the attack in Tunisia could be imminent. The warning did not refer to any timetable or location.