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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


302 posted on 10/14/2004 6:52:35 AM PDT by Velveeta
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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 ]

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-canada-plane-crash,0,4393700.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[Expatica] USA - US-bound flight in bomb threat hoax  [Hoax email threat]

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=12768&name=US-bound+flight+in+bomb+threat+hoax

[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

http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=779&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

[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

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--terrorthreats-pru1014oct13,0,7718586.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

[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&section=news

International:

[Dar Al-Hayat] GERMANY - Letter Bomb Discovered in Polish Consulate in Munich

http://english.daralhayat.com/world_news/10-2004/Article-20041013-92afc020-c0a8-01ed-0077-896fc7041ded/story.html

[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&section=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&section=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

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=164293

304 posted on 10/14/2004 7:02:34 AM PDT by tmp02 (Don't come to the US. We too are dipping our bullets in pig's blood)
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