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Time for another summary - this time from 7/11 through 7/19 (6:30 PST):

7/11 Japan has 18 cases of cholera

7/11 5 alarm blaze breaks out at Sunoco Eagle Point Refinery - under investigation

7/11 Leaders of the Senate Intelligence Commission urged the White House to quickly nominate a CIA director, given the current terrorist threat

7/11 MBTA's See Something-Say Something Campaign was launched 5/04. Warning run approximately every 10 minutes

7/11 US counter-terrorism officials looking at emergency proposal to postpone presidential election in case of Al Qaeda attack

7/11 Media report Pakistan's Internal Ministry has "completely failed" to check the operations of terrorist outfits

7/11 Arab tourists shunning terror-stricken US for Malaysia's charm

7/11 Briefcase bought at Santee flea market filled with bombs

7/11 Canadian military advises bioterrorists using commercially available technology and materials could easily make a synthesized version of the polio virus

7/11 Mallusk postal sorting in Newtownabbey closed after bombs found by staff overnight

7/11 Belfast - two letter bombs found - British army disposal experts searching

7/11 Lightning hits Marathon Ashland Refinery in St. Paul

7/12 The California Muslim Public Affairs Council outlined what it is doing to fight terrorism and leaders want it made public

7/12 Feds are worried about a spike in eco-terrorism in Utah after arson damages a BYU building

7/12 FBI called to investigate arson attack on a Muslim owned business in Everett, WA (spray painted profanity and an intentionally set fire)

7/12 UK article states ambulances, police cars, uniforms, etc. are on sale with EBay. Vehicles could be used as car bombs

7/12 UK fears bombing of Big Ben and Parliament and is calling for a steel barrier

7/12 The French Foreign Ministry says France and Iraq have reestablished diplomatic ties after a 13 years rupture

7/12 Fire at North Palm Springs 20% contained - origin suspicious

7/12 CIA says Al Quada ready to use chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in deadly strikes; however, most attacks will probably be small scale with crude delivery and easily produced or obtained chemicals, toxins or radiological substance

7/12 Athens hit by power outage a month before it is due to stage Olympic games (possibly surge in electricity used due to heatwave)

7/12 Malaysia and US to hold joint military exercise in the South China Sea

7/12 Transformer explosion cuts power at O'Hare Airport

7/12 AF-1 experienced mechanical problem and President Bush used a smaller plan for the flight home from Tennessee

7/12 Philippines to withdraw troops from Iraq

7/12 Congressional Report - US terror warnings lack the specific information needed to protect the public

7/12 14 miles from the US Capitol, UASR, a basement run organization with ties to Hamas and Al Qaeda is located

7/12 Anti-Terrorism Coalition (ATC) supports Internet Haganah regarding the threat of beheading they are facing and vows to continue targeting terrorist websites

7/12 Authorities await test results on white powder left at a post office in Meraux, Louisiana

7/12 Stratford police are investigating a report of suspicious powder found in a deposit envelope at a Chase Bank location

7/12 A large stash of "terrorism handbooks" was found in Willaimsburg

7/12 Leading US energy analyst says Al Qaeda could drive the price of oil to $3.00 a gallon in the US

7/12 German police raid Islamic school, seizing computer hard drives and discs looking for evidence children are being taught hatred toward non-Muslims

7/12 China is getting rattled by US Naval deployments

7/12 President Bush asserts pre-emptive strikes policy

7/12 Chinese hackers advertise made-to-order computer virus service

7/12 Chemical spill of sulfuric acid causes evacuation of 20 employees from Tetco Office Building in San Antonio

7/12 Britain deploying teams of intelligence experts where they believe extremists are radicalizing Muslim youths in order to snuff out terrorist threats

7/12 Al Qaeda terror navy becoming high concern regarding possible attacks on cruise ships, military supply vessels, oil tankers and at critical seaports

7/13 18 cars of the 84 CSX train derailed in Atlanta. Three of the cars carried chlorine and one carried sodium hydroxide. No cars leaked - cause of derailment unknown

7/13 Red Cross International fears US is hiding detainees secretly in locations around the world

7/13 Blast in Sri Lanka may have been triggered by a booby-trapped bra

7/13 Al Qaeda used the State of Arkansas bandwidth to distribute terrorist material

7/13 Palestinians have set up a school at an undisclosed location to teach children as young as 10 to fight for the Palestinian cause

7/13 Los Alamos Director says he is ready to fire employees who continue to ignore security procedures

7/13 Saudi Arabia acknowledges its citizens may have infiltrated Iraq to fight against the US led occupation forces

7/13 Victorian (Australia) authorities playing down fears of threat to public safety from theft of radioactive material from RMIT University

7/13 Russia views nuclear deterrence as global security basis

7/13 Department of Defense data collection effort planned for Washington CDC July 12-16

7/13 Surveillance system lacking at US-Canada border (Detroit sector 804 miles was to have had 8 cameras). Havre, Montana and Grand Forks, ND have received some cameras and area awaiting more

7/13 Londonderry, NH - tractor trailer loaded with 40,000 pounds of explosives flipped over when driven onto soft shoulder of the road

7/13 7-Seas Group hunts terrorists using WWW and includes a Montana judge and six others

7/13 Electrical power outages in Tallahassee, Akron, Dartmouth, Tampa, Utah and Houston

7/13 A rental car set off security/explosive detector to sound at Three Mile Island

7/13 Random shootings in Connecticut linked by same weapon

7/13 Islamic terrorist wanted in US for Al Qaeda attack killing 224 people freed from British Mental hospital on bail

7/13 The Government is quietly shipping stocks of antidotes against chemical weapons to states under long awaited program in response to terror threat

7/13 China executes Muslim accused of separatism (trying to split China and for making and transporting explosives and ammunition)

7/13 UK to get go-ahead for M15 regional intelligence cells to counter threats from Islamists

7/13 Two radioactive pieces of spent nuclear fuel found in plant's "spent pool."

7/13 Pilot who died in small aircraft crash (of Salisbery Wiltshire) was an expert in chemical and biological weapons

7/13 Homeland Security Department worried color coded threat system is toovague and confusing and in need of overhaul

7/13 Wildfire near Everglades shuts down 10 miles of major highway outside Miami

7/13 Sighting "chilling" internet chatter within past few days, the ATC is recommending Americans familiarize themselves with information on dealing with nuclear attack

7/13 Bottle rockets cause wildfire at Santa Ysabel, the evaluation of hundreds and more than 1500 acres burned

7/13 Palestinian leaders are child killers who encourage terrorism through "Shahada"

7/13 Investigation to commence in San Mateo County next month to determine if tougher federal rules are needed to prevent theft of dangerous explosives from police storage facilities country-wide

7/13 Government needs to stop flow of cash to terrorist groups in order to protect the US economy from threats of terrorist attacks per US Treasury Secretary John Snow

7/13 CIA's acting chief says terrorist threat highest since 9/11

7/13 Southwest Airlines Flight 933 on way to Chicago made emergency landing at South Bend. Pilot and crew members had burning of eyes and report of smoke in cabin

7/14 New worm tries to slip past anti-virus researchers by shutting down their debugging tools called "Atak."

7/14 People of Arabic descent asking questions at a hospital about employees at Macomb at a business close to a government agency

7/14 Alabama truckers now counter-terrorism spies

7/14 Police closed road on I-81 for one hour to investigate report of Middle Eastern truck driver who made bomb threat

7/14 Pennsylvania bomb scare - thermos may have contained explosive material, 2nd incident rental car near nuclear plant tests positive

7/14 Planes with smell of smoke in the cockpit: Song Airline; Spirit Jet; RAAF Hercules; Continental; Delta: Military Airplane; Charter Airplane; and Delta among others

7/14 Nine crew members missing when pirates threw them overboard in Indonesian waters

7/14 Rumsfeld directs missile defense operational 10/01/04

7/14 A railway employee lost explosives on a busy city street in the UK

7/14 34 cases of salmonella in Western Pennsylvania from a strain found on fresh produce

7/14 Man arrested at Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport after arrival and taken into federal custody. Customs agents found disturbing items in his possession

7/14 Terrorism exercise underway in Central Texas

7/14 Iran threatening America and Europe using "all means of force" against "enemy" targets within and outside Iran

7/14 Northwest Airlines computer down, 41 planes affected

7/14 Police evacuate Yonkers DMV and Riverfront Library after receiving specific bomb threat

7/14 FBI says Al Qaeda could gain access to USA through Canada

7/14 Law enforcement training cable repairment, exterminators and apartment managers to reports signs of terrorism inside their client's homes

7/14 Spain deliberately ignored a mosque tied to fundamentalist teachings because the facility was financed by Saudi Arabia

7/14 A spokesman for the Air Force Association says terrorists could fly so quickly through restricted airspace around Washington that military aircraft might not have enough time to respond

7/15 Six out of Seven men suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in Bahrain were re-arrested yesterday. New evidence shows they were on the verge of launching an attack when first arrested on 6/22/04

7/15 Homeland Security has scrapped a plan to collect personal data on airline passengers after spending $100 million on planning due to privacy concerns and effectiveness

7/15 Drug resistant MRSA spreading outside US hospitals (can be fatal

7/15 Major electrical fire in center of Madrid

7/15 Internet chatter says attack on Italy by Al Qaeda is imminent

7/15 Another security breach at Los Alamos has prompted th lab to halt all classified work while officials conduct a wall-to-wall inventory of sensitive data

7/15 Spanish judge says 1,000 terrorists in Monaco pose biggest threat to Europe

7/15 Mysterious white powder found on Delta Flight #822 at Bradley Airport - officials are investigating

7/15 Southwest Airlines Flight at BWI arrived with 12 people unconscious and 4 in critical condition

7/15 Philippines President felt they were forced to yield on hostage situation due to political pressure

7/15 Police in Columbus may have been exposed to a harmful infectious and contagious unknown substance

7/15 House votes tostrip financial assistance for Saudi Arabia from a foreign aid bill because of criticism the country has not been sufficiently cooperative in the US war on terrorism

7/15 FBI issues new alert to law enforcement warning Al Qaeda may launch attacks on US energy infrastructure as part of their new terror offensive

7/15 15 year old girl in intensive care at Missoula hospital with unknown illness. It is not West Nile Virus

7/15 FBI Director Robert Mueller warned threats of terror can happen even in Nebraska and Iowa

7/16 Explosives detectors to be tested on Connecticut commuter rail

7/16 Japan subway evacuated over bomb scare at Magome Station

7/16 China has a new type of submarine - with a combination of Chinese technology and Russian weapons - it may be used in preparation for conflict over Taiwan

7/16 Fire at New Dehli school kills 80 children - Principal charged with negligence and held

7/16 FBI investigating near bridge collision with runaway barge near I-40 bridge in Rogers, Arkansas

7/16 Australia warns travelers terrorist may be planning attack in USA to undermine elections

7/16 Pentagon to close child care center citing terrorist danger

7/16 Sheetz supplier investigation regarding Southwest Airlines incident with 12 unconscious and 4 in critical condition

7/16 Cropduster crashes on York I-80 overpass in Nebraska

7/16 Netherlands on high alert

7/16 American Major-General says there is no end in the war on terror

7/16 Iowa Western Community College offers terrorism preparedness courses

7/16 Congressman John Culberson discloses Middle East men mixing with illegal aliens and filling in communities as professional occupations while they are sleeper cells

7/16 Us shifting armor from North Korea to Iraq

7/16 Arabs increasingly refer to themselves as "Muslims."

7/16 Wildfires burn in Carson City, Nevada (7200 acres)

7/16 Wildfires burn in Angeles National Forest (9000 acres)

7/16 Wildfires burn near Fairbanks, Alaska (379,00 acres)

7/16 Wildfires Tonto National Forest (AZ) (119,400 acres)

7/16 Al Qaeda website warns Muslims to avoid being near planned targets, including Christian companies, airlines and oil companies

7/16 Vesicular Stomatis (VS) a foot and mouth look-alike found in 9 locations in Texas, 4 in New Mexico and 1 in Colorado

7/16 Homeland Security increasing safety outside convention cities

7/17 Ft. Bragg tightening security at gates effective Saturday - to include photo IDs and random vehicle checks

7/17 Five Muslim groups and sevenmosques take out newspaper ads in three New Jerseynewspapers to condemn acts of terrorism

7/17 Test of Nashua local emergency notification system failed to work as planned

7/17 British Emergency Services to review why it took three hours to begin decontamination in mock chemical attack

7/17 48 kilos of pyrotechnic ingredients, 2 bags potassium nitrate, and 2 sacks of potassium chlorate seized by National Police Maritime Group in Iloilo City recently

7/17 FBI interviews of Muslims to broaden

7/17 Bush administration to withhold $34 million from Un's China population fund due to issue of foced abortions

7/18 Iran's Intelligence Minister says all branches of Al Qaeda in the country have been dismantled

7/18 Two suspicious packages found NE Philly late Saturday - one went off doing damage to a nearby SUV

7/18 Department of Energy announced $450 million plan for counter-terrorism, nuclear weapons and dirty bombs

7/18 North California County authorities searching for arsonist - setting fire near Lake Hughes (14,000 acres)

7/18 John Ashcroft being asked by key lawmakers why the Justice Department released Al Marabh -formerly #27 on the FBI's most wanted terrorists

7/18 CIA security experts to brief small towns and cities of possibility of attacks by Al Qaeda

7/18 Chemical leak in China (hydrogen chloride) sickens 320

7/18 British Minister and Government advising household to stock up on food, water and medical kits to get them through a terror attack

7/18 Five Dutch postal workers ill from mail containing yellow powder

7/18 British Secret Police dossier found in road (Heathrow Airport) showing 62 sites where Al Qaeda most likely will launch anti-aircraft strikes

7/18 Jordanian man living in US illegally charged with lying about being an American citizen to obtain pilot's license

7/10 Mexico-Cuba to normalize relations

7/19 Two known Basque (ETA) terrorists spotted at Costa Blanca yesterday

7/19 Athens too far behind to ensure proper security

7/19 Insurance brokers in Boston and New York in midst of business boom due to terrorism fears at political conventions

7/19 A $100 million plus package to bolster maritime security to be announced this week to ensure Australia is better able to withstand terrorist attack

7/19 Federal prosecutors claim they've built 35 terrorist related cases in Iowa in the two years since 9/11

7/19 Los Alamos employees repeatedly transmitted secret information over an unclassified e-mail system

7/19 Pakistan International Airlines Captain's 18 year old son missing from lobby of Hotel Pennsylvania on Friday

7/19 Vietnam Veterans Conference in Boston during Democratic Convention

7/19 Law enforcement seeking a man seen taking pictures of two refineries in Texas City, Texas