Virgin Atlantic flight from Hong Kong diverted to Stansted after bomb threat
LONDON A Virgin Atlantic flight headed to London's Heathrow Airport was diverted today after a bomb threat. Police later said it was a hoax.(snip)
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2429292
TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 10/14/2004 # 1
National:
[Nashua Telegraph] NEW HAMPSHIRE - Suspicious white powder surfaces [ 8 decontaminated ]
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041013/NEWS01/110130057/-1/news
[Access North Georgia] GEORGIA - Powder scare closes bank branch [ 18 decontaminated ]
"teller smelled an acrid odor and began to experience a burning sensation"
" two other employees reported respiratory problems during the incident"
http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=47679
[AP] CANADA / NOVA SCOTIA - Cargo Plane Crashes in Eastern Canada [ NY-Spain, MK Airlines 747, crashed on takeoff, power down to airport ]
[Expatica] USA - US-bound flight in bomb threat hoax [Hoax email threat]
[AP] COLORADO - Woman Upset With Screener's Request To Feel Her Breasts
http://www.theindychannel.com/travelgetaways/3802644/detail.html
[AP] USA / SUDAN - Treasury Accuses Islamic Relief Agency of Aiding Terrorists
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB9NOM1A0E.html
[KFOR-TV] OKLAHOMA - Bomb threat disrupts Edmond high school
http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=2423455
[WMC-TV] TENNESSEE - Four new reports about vehicles being shot at on Sam Cooper [ 8 incidents, possible serial sniper ]
"Police are not calling the eight shootings on Sam Cooper Boulevard the work of a sniper because no "person" has been hit"
http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=2426650
[UPI] FLORIDA - Two Russians arrested in alien smuggling
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041013-112659-7146r.htm
[PEJ News] CANADA / USA - Canada legislates limits to the US Patriot Act
[Click 2 Houston.com] TEXAS - Vandals Target Transmission Towers [ More than a dozen Cell towers, eco-terrorism ]
http://www.click2houston.com/news/3805234/detail.html
[AP] NEW YORK - FBI: al-Qaida operative posed as student while living in NJ
[ABC News] USA - New Report Reveals Gaps in Port Safety
"What indeed is the most likely way that a nuclear weapon would be delivered by a terrorist to the US? The most likely way is in a cargo container in a ship."
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=162480
[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] USA - Nuclear threat seen as top issue for nation
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/9906975.htm
[BBC] CANARY ISLANDS - IRA suspect arrested by police in the Canary Islands [Michael Gerard Rogan]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3739056.stm
[WLS] WISCONSIN - Man claimed to be Homeland Security agent
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/101304_ap_ns_oshkosh.html
[Marion Chronicle Tribune] INDIANA - Pipe bomb goes off in house
http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/news/stories/20041014/localnews/1409568.html
[AP] TEXAS - Two men charged in weekend pipeline blast
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/9800501.htm?1c
[Houston Chronicle] MEXICO - Mexican blast helps push crude over $53 [ Pipeline blast ]
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/energy/2846377
[AP] NORTH DAKOTA - Missing cyanide drum found in North Dakota
http://new.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=72475§ion=news
International:
[Dar Al-Hayat] GERMANY - Letter Bomb Discovered in Polish Consulate in Munich
[Reuters AlertNet] ISRAEL - Airstrike kills Hamas militant in Gaza - witnesses
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L13122299.htm
[AP] IRAQ - Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in Roadside Bomb Attack on Day of Massive Offensive
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB3EJN790E.html
[AP] MALAYSIA - Malaysia flight evacuated over bomb scare [London bound, Malaysian Airlines, hoax]
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,4390,277807,00.html
[Ananova] UNITED KINGDOM - Bomb alert plane sent to Stansted [London bound, Virgin Airlines, bomb threat]
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1138478.html
[AFP] PAKISTAN - Bin Laden assumed still alive: US general
http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=30614
[Reuters] UNITED KINGDOM - Pro-bin Laden Muslim group "shuts down"
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=602224§ion=news
[BBC News] JORDAN - Al-Qaeda figures 'held in Jordan'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3739858.stm
[IOL] IRAQ - Iraqi police arrest Al-Qaeda member in Najaf
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=2813&art_id=qw1097570703455I625&click_id=2813&set_id=1
[The Malaysia Star] INDONESIA - Police defuse bomb in Indonesian shopping center
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/10/13/latest/19295Policedef&sec=latest
[JP] INDONESIA - Bomb explodes in Balikpapan
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20041013020308&irec=1
[The Scotsman] UNITED KINGDOM - London Flight Delayed by Bomb Threat Passenger
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3618838
[AFP] TURKEY - Turkish police detain suspected Kurdish rebels, seize explosives
http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=30669
[AFP] RUSSIA - Undercover agents smuggled 'bombs' into Russian planes
"agent paid 500 rubles (about US$17) for a baggage handler to carry a package containing a fake bomb on board the passenger jet, and another 100 ruble bribe for the pilot to keep it on board"
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/wed/oct13w12.htm
[ITAR-TASS] RUSSIA - Beslan terrorists involved in some other terrorist acts in Russia
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1345051&PageNum=0
[Washington Times] SOUTH KOREA - S.Korea navy ship sinks amid N.Korea alert
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041013-034752-2983r.htm
[Reuters] UNITED KINGDOM - Anti-terror police arrest man in London
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=602639§ion=news
[AP] UNITED KINGDOM - Terror suspects jailed in Britain losing their minds
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/WarOnTerrorism/2004/10/13/667865-ap.html
[UPI] JORDAN - U.S. uses Jordan's help to block WMDs
http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/10130004aaa056aa.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=WORLDNEW&Type=News&Filter=WorldNews
[BBC] PAKISTAN / CHINA - Hostage killed in Pakistan rescue
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3741932.stm
[Daily Times] PAKISTAN - Terrorism fears provoked by scare stories in city
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_14-10-2004_pg7_22
[ABC News] IRAQ - Car Bomb Explodes Next to US Convoy