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A Brief Go-Round

CNN:

Car bomb alert at Hamburg hospital 12/30/03
Police increased security at a German military hospital in Hamburg after intelligence information warned of a car bombing plot against the hospital by suspected Islamic terrorists, Hamburg police said.

Ridge: U.S. tightens security for New Year's 12/30/03
With New Year's on the way, security efforts across the United States have been "ramped up in an unprecedented way" through the end of the week, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Tue

Spain judge seeks extraditions 12/30/03
A Spanish judge is seeking the extradition of four terrorist suspects in custody at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on the grounds they are believed to be members of the Spanish branch of al Qaeda, a court official says.

U.S. holds al Qaeda drug suspects 12/28/03
U.S. troops in Afghanistan are holding 10 men suspected of being al Qaeda members in connection with drug busts earlier this month in the Persian Gulf and northern Arabian Sea, U.S. military officials said Monday.

Brazil judge orders U.S. citizens fingerprinted 12/29/03
A Brazilian judge furious at U.S. plans to fingerprint and photograph Brazilians entering the United States has ordered Brazil to do the same to U.S. citizens, police said on Tuesday.

Mujahid: 'They told me that I was a Jordanian terrorist' 12/29/03
One of two Americans arrested in the Philippines and accused of having ties to al Qaeda said Tuesday he and his brother are innocent of the allegations and instead are the victims of an overzealous war on terror.

Ambulances feared as tools for terrorists 12/29/03
Ambulances and other emergency vehicles are being screened by law enforcement authorities amid concern that the vehicles may be used in a possible terrorist attack, New Jersey's governor told CNN Tuesday.

Brazil judge orders U.S. citizens fingerprinted 12/29/03 A Brazilian judge furious at U.S. plans to fingerprint and photograph Brazilians entering the United States has ordered Brazil to do the same to U.S. citizens, police said on Tuesday.

Guess that Brazilian judge just doesn't realize that to get a visa to enter Brazil, you already have to submit a copy of a police check on yourself. The US should be doing the same or similar to anyone who enters this country, I think!