JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "PHILIPPINES DEPORTS 2 U.S. NATIONALS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Brothers Michael Ray Stubbs, 55, and Jamil Daud Mujahid, 56, were turned over Saturday to American marshals who escorted them back to the United States. Both were blacklisted as "undesirable aliens and threats to national security," the bureau said. The two had been in detention since December after being arrested south of Manila. Authorities said the suspects were earlier seen meeting with leaders of the Abu Sayyaf and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)
CLICK 2 HOUSTON.com - News: "OFFICIALS RELEASE SKETCH OF MAN LEAVING PLANE CRASH Witnesses Describe Man Leaving Plane Crash" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "HOUSTON -- Investigators are looking for a man who witnesses said walked away from a small plane crash in Brazoria County. The Cessna 172, which was reportedly stolen from the Brazoria County Airport 6:30 a.m. Sunday, crashed in a field near Lake Jackson, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The plane struck some power lines about two miles south of the airport and crashed in a field around 6:45 a.m. Nearly 11,000 people in the Lake Jackson area temporarily lost power Sunday morning after the plane crashed. Power was restored a few hours later. Investigators with the Brazoria County Sheriff's Department said 16 hangars were apparently broken into at the airport Sunday morning.") (Updated March 1, 2004) (NOTE: CLICK ON THE LINK TO VIEW SKETCH and Read More...)
TEXAS...DFW.com - STAR-TELEGRAM: "MOTORIST SHOT AFTER ARGUMENT, POLICE SAY" by Dave Ferman (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police are also investigating two other reports of vehicular damage involving a firearm Saturday morning. Jason Connover, 28, of Garland was traveling west on Interstate 635 near Texas 121 about 5:15 a.m. when shots damaged both of his vehicle's front windows. He was not injured. About 6 a.m., Brendia Taylor, 53, of Keller was traveling south on Texas 121 near Texas 360 when she heard something hit her vehicle. She arrived at her job in Fort Worth and discovered a bullet hole in the rear driver's-side door of her Dodge Durango. She was not injured. Police have not established whether the three incidents are connected, but they were continuing to interview witnesses in the Plummer shooting Saturday afternoon, Dearing said." (February 28, 2004) (Read More...)
THE HAWAII CHANNEL.com - KITV 4 NEWS: "DIVER SIGHTING NEAR COAST GUARD STATION RAISES CONCERN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""A man in a black diving suit come out from that area, like coming up off the shoreline, walk by that bathroom, cut across, and going towards the waterline," Laurie Johansen said. "He had some kind of a box in left hand, or right hand, cause he was facing this way." She said the black box measured about 15 inches high and maybe two feet in length. He was also carrying what looked like a fishing spear. "You could tell he was slowing down looking around, but he had one of those masks across his face, so you couldn't see his face and he had the gear over his head already, completely in black with gloves," Johansen said.") (February 29, 2004) (Read More...)
SUN-SENTINEL.com - South Florida's Latest News: "POLICE SEEK PUBLIC'S HELP TO ID DIVER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An autopsy revealed the man may have died under suspicious circumstances, but police would not elaborate.") (February 26, 2004) (Read More...)
CDNN.info: "SCUBA DIVER FOUND DEAD IN HUDSON RIVER" by Michael Randall (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NEWBURGH, New York (24 Feb 2004) -- Here's a mystery that would challenge even Sherlock Holmes. A man's body is found floating in the Hudson River. He's wearing a diving mask and scuba gear. But it's February, a time of year in the Northeast when only members of the Polar Bear Club – or actual polar bears – are likely to venture into the water. That's the mystery that federal and local investigators were still trying to solve yesterday afternoon. The man's body was first spotted Sunday morning by the crew of a Cyprus-based ship that had just delivered a load of coal to Dynegy's Danskammer power plant.") (February 24, 2004) (Read More...)
stepping back in time...FBI.gov - Congressional Statement: "Statement for the Record of James F. Jarboe Special Agent in Charge, Tampa Field Office Federal Bureau of Investigation on Homeland Security: Facilitating and Securing Seaports Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Security,Veterans Affairs and International Relations Washington, D.C." (August 5, 2002) (Read Entire Text Here.)
An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an LA TIMES article: "FEARS PERSIST OF TERRORISM LINKS AT SCUBA SCHOOL Few Answers Appear in the Probe of Students in Netherlands Suspected of Ties to Al Qaeda" (July 31, 2003) (Read More...)
WHITEHOUSE.gov - News - Offfice of the Press Secretary: "Expanding the Scope of the National Emergency and Invocation of Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels Into Cuban Territorial Waters By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation" (February 26, 2004) (Read Entire Text Here.)
WorldNetDaily.com: "9 IRAQI SCIENTISTS MURDERED IN PAST 4 MONTHS U.S. Believes Killings Effort to Conceal Scope of Iraq's Nuke Program" (February 26, 2004) (Read More...)
PAK TRIBUNE.com: "TALIBAN LURCHES BACK TO POWER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "KABUL, March 01 (Online): A convoy of about 20 Honda motorcycles surrounds a house, looking for people who support the United States or President Hamid Karzai. If they find one, they kill him. If not, the householders are beaten to serve as a warning to others. In the village of Shah Joy, about 300 kilometres southwest of Kabul, the return of the Taliban has been swift and harsh, as it is in about one-third of Afghanistan's southern regions where the ousted regime has regrouped and is widely thought to be preparing for a spring offensive against the Karzai government and its U.S. allies.") (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)
ZAMAN.org - Politics: "ILLEGAL GOODS CONFISCATED FROM UZAN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Istanbul Security Deputy Manager Halil Yilmaz announced that 3 million 897Telsim prepaid phone cards have been found in a secret depot of Young Party (GP)General President Cem Uzan's villa in Cubuklu.") (February 29, 2004) (Read More...)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "PHILIPPINES DEPORTS 2 U.S. NATIONALS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Brothers Michael Ray Stubbs, 55, and Jamil Daud Mujahid, 56, were turned over Saturday to American marshals who escorted them back to the United States. Both were blacklisted as "undesirable aliens and threats to national security," the bureau said. The two had been in detention since December after being arrested south of Manila. Authorities said the suspects were earlier seen meeting with leaders of the Abu Sayyaf and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)
TEXAS...DFW.com - STAR-TELEGRAM: "MOTORIST SHOT AFTER ARGUMENT, POLICE SAY" by Dave Ferman (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police are also investigating two other reports of vehicular damage involving a firearm Saturday morning. Jason Connover, 28, of Garland was traveling west on Interstate 635 near Texas 121 about 5:15 a.m. when shots damaged both of his vehicle's front windows. He was not injured. About 6 a.m., Brendia Taylor, 53, of Keller was traveling south on Texas 121 near Texas 360 when she heard something hit her vehicle. She arrived at her job in Fort Worth and discovered a bullet hole in the rear driver's-side door of her Dodge Durango. She was not injured. Police have not established whether the three incidents are connected, but they were continuing to interview witnesses in the Plummer shooting Saturday afternoon, Dearing said." (February 28, 2004) (Read More...)
THE HAWAII CHANNEL.com - KITV 4 NEWS: "DIVER SIGHTING NEAR COAST GUARD STATION RAISES CONCERN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""A man in a black diving suit come out from that area, like coming up off the shoreline, walk by that bathroom, cut across, and going towards the waterline," Laurie Johansen said. "He had some kind of a box in left hand, or right hand, cause he was facing this way." She said the black box measured about 15 inches high and maybe two feet in length. He was also carrying what looked like a fishing spear. "You could tell he was slowing down looking around, but he had one of those masks across his face, so you couldn't see his face and he had the gear over his head already, completely in black with gloves," Johansen said.") (February 29, 2004) (Read More...)
SUN-SENTINEL.com - South Florida's Latest News: "POLICE SEEK PUBLIC'S HELP TO ID DIVER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An autopsy revealed the man may have died under suspicious circumstances, but police would not elaborate.") (February 26, 2004) (Read More...)
CDNN.info: "SCUBA DIVER FOUND DEAD IN HUDSON RIVER" by Michael Randall (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NEWBURGH, New York (24 Feb 2004) -- Here's a mystery that would challenge even Sherlock Holmes. A man's body is found floating in the Hudson River. He's wearing a diving mask and scuba gear. But it's February, a time of year in the Northeast when only members of the Polar Bear Club – or actual polar bears – are likely to venture into the water. That's the mystery that federal and local investigators were still trying to solve yesterday afternoon. The man's body was first spotted Sunday morning by the crew of a Cyprus-based ship that had just delivered a load of coal to Dynegy's Danskammer power plant.") (February 24, 2004) (Read More...)
stepping back in time...FBI.gov - Congressional Statement: "Statement for the Record of James F. Jarboe Special Agent in Charge, Tampa Field Office Federal Bureau of Investigation on Homeland Security: Facilitating and Securing Seaports Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Security,Veterans Affairs and International Relations Washington, D.C." (August 5, 2002) (Read Entire Text Here.)
An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an LA TIMES article: "FEARS PERSIST OF TERRORISM LINKS AT SCUBA SCHOOL Few Answers Appear in the Probe of Students in Netherlands Suspected of Ties to Al Qaeda" (July 31, 2003) (Read More...)
WHITEHOUSE.gov - News - Offfice of the Press Secretary: "Expanding the Scope of the National Emergency and Invocation of Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels Into Cuban Territorial Waters By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation" (February 26, 2004) (Read Entire Text Here.)
THE AUSTRALIAN.news.com.au: "TERROR LINK TO FERRY FIRE from correspondents in Manila, Philippines" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: " A MAN identified by the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf as a suicide bomber was aboard a ferry that caught fire last week following an explosion, the Philippines coast guard said. At least 134 people remain missing and are presumed dead, down from the tally of 137 after three more survivors were found, officials said. The al-Qaida-linked group Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility and identified the "suicide bomber" as Arnulfo Alvarado, 33, the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper reported. A spokeswoman for the ship's owner, WG&A, originally said the name was not on the passenger manifest. But coast guard spokesman Arman Balilo said Alvarado's name was 13th on the list of those who boarded the ferry. He is listed as among the missing.") (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com (UPI): Tripoli, Libya - "QUIRKS FOUND IN LIBYAN WEAPONS PROGRAM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Some unusual and innovative discoveries have been made since Libya abandoned its nuclear and chemical programs, the Washington Post said Tuesday. One of the findings by a U.S. team was at an alleged turkey farm outside Tripoli, where there were no birds, but rather a metal barn filled with empty chemical bomb canisters.") (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)
WorldNetDaily.com: "9 IRAQI SCIENTISTS MURDERED IN PAST 4 MONTHS U.S. Believes Killings Effort to Conceal Scope of Iraq's Nuke Program" (February 26, 2004) (Read More...)
PAK TRIBUNE.com: "TALIBAN LURCHES BACK TO POWER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "KABUL, March 01 (Online): A convoy of about 20 Honda motorcycles surrounds a house, looking for people who support the United States or President Hamid Karzai. If they find one, they kill him. If not, the householders are beaten to serve as a warning to others. In the village of Shah Joy, about 300 kilometres southwest of Kabul, the return of the Taliban has been swift and harsh, as it is in about one-third of Afghanistan's southern regions where the ousted regime has regrouped and is widely thought to be preparing for a spring offensive against the Karzai government and its U.S. allies.") (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)
CPA-IRAQ.org - COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY: "INTERCEPTED PLAN REVEALS AL-QUAEDA'S FEAR OF DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Baghdad -- Coalition Provisional Authority and Iraqi Governing Council officials today released the text of an intercepted letter written by Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian terrorist with al-Quaeda affiliations, to al-Quaeda officials. In the document, Zarqawi acknowledges that "time is running out" for the insurgents and terrorists as the transition to Iraqi soverignty draws nearer. The only solution, according to Zarqawi, is to force a civil war between Sunni and Shi'a. Reward for Info Leading to Zarqawi's Arrest Doubled to $10M") (February 12, 2004) (Read More...)
JIHAD WATCH.org (Read More...)
AFTENPOSTEN.no - Search Term: "KREKAR" (Mullah Krekar) (Read More...)