Probably because I'm now halfway through the Left behind series of books (Christian fiction) but I think you've just described a good start to seven years of Tribulation. Especially if you're suggesting this may all come to pass, again.
UPDATE!
Officials investigate mercury spills
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12404088&BRD=1408&PAG=461&dept_id=463231&rfi=6
WSJ: Berger Took Secret 9/11 Docs on Five Occasions
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/7/20/110408.shtml
CLINTON aide removed terror memos
BBC News - London,England,UK
... It was during this work, according to Mr Berger and his lawyers, that he removed notes he had made about the anti-terror papers he consulted.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3909659.stm
HEATHROW anti-terror plan found
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
... an interview with a junior government minister advising the public to stock up on food and other emergency supplies in case of a possible terror attack. ...
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=87265&Sn=WORL&IssueID=27122
US digs for Iran link to terror cells
The Australian - Australia
... Mr Bush claimed Iran was already harbouring al-Qa'ida leaders who had fled there after the Afghanistan war, aiding the Hezbollah anti-Israel terror group and ...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10199145%255E2703,00.html
RUSSIA Seeks Another Extension for Destroying Chemical Weapons
Cybercast News Service - USA
... He has also pointed out that apart from seven official storage facilities,hundreds of caches of old chemical weapons randomly buried throughout the former ...
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200407%5CFOR20040720c.html
IT'S Not The People's Republic of Al-Qaeda
Useless-Knowledge.com - USA
... Please sight me chapter and verse those that approve be-heading civilians,using religious centers as ammunition storage facilities, training children of ten ...
http://www.useless-knowledge.com/articles/apr/july175.html