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TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 12/16/2004 # 1

National:

[AP] USA - Bush Prepares for Possible GPS Shutdown [ In case opf terrorist attack ]

"President Bush has ordered plans for temporarily disabling the U.S. network of global positioning satellites during a national crisis to prevent terrorists from using the navigational technology,"

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004121521290001739682&dt=20041215212900&w=APO&coview=

[AP] CANADA - National Security Report: Canadian Security Net Full of Holes

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB4538CS2E.html

[CNN] USA - U.S. to name Hezbollah TV a terrorist organization

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/15/hezbollah.tv/

[South Bend Tribune] USA - Protecting ourselves from dirty bombs

http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/thisday/opinion.20041215-sbt-MICH-B5-Protecting_ourselves.sto

[India Daily] USA - Bin Laden plans to send Nuke to US through India - US and India

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/12-16d-04.asp

[AP] MASS - Two Suspicious Packages Found At MBTA Stations [ Level 3 Incident ]

"police are investigating two separate suspicious packages found at bus and train stations today"

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/B63063/

[WSBTV.com] GEORGIA - Victims Treated After Suspicious Package Found [ 5 decontaminated ]

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/4003446/detail.html

[AP] IOWA - Suspicious powder found in downtown Des Moines

http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1041644&l=1&t=Iowa+%2F+Illinois&c=24,1041644

[WATE.com] TENNESEE - Bomb threat forces diverted flight before reaching Knoxville

http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=2702888

[Downingtown Ledger] PENNSYLVANIA - Bomb explodes near school [small pipe bomb]

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13568641&BRD=2247&PAG=461&dept_id=453366&rfi=6

[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review] PENNSYLVANIA - Mall receives bomb threat [ but is not evacuated ]

http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/westmoreland/s_283946.html

[KSL News)] UTAH - Student Caught With Explosive Device

http://radio.ksl.com/index.php?sid=139389&nid=19

[IdahoStatesman.com] IDAHO - Idaho Guard prepares for potential terrorist attack in the US

"101st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team was created three years ago to help civilian Idaho emergency crews deal with biological, chemical or radiological attacks"

http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041216/NEWS01/412160337/1002/NEWS03

[AlaskaStar.com] ALASKA - Student debaters take on both sides of Patriot Act

http://www.alaskastar.com/stories/121604/new_20041216007.shtml

[KLFY] LOUSIANA - Acadiana Prepares for Terrorist Attacks

http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2698426

[PRNewswire (press release)] NEW YORK - Over 100 American Victims of Terrorism Sue Arab Bank in New York for Funnelling Money to Terrorists

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041216/ukth004_1.html

International:

[AP] INDONESIA - Indonesia Orders Security Clampdown After Terror Warnings From Australia, Britain, New Zealand

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBI569FS2E.html

[Reuters ] INDONESIA - Hilton hotels in Indonesia hunker down after threat

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK303117.htm

[MCOT] THAILAND - Armed Forces beef up border security

http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=33822

[Reuters] PERU - Peru detains two for president 'bomb' stunt

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N15102768.htm

[Radio Australia] PHILPPINES - Five suspects arrested over Philippines market bomb

"authorities found a mortar shell, a hand grenade, blasting caps, and a powdery white substance at the building"

http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1266667.htm

[Interfax-Volga] RUSSIA - Members of radical Muslim group detained in Bashkortostan

"Eighteen activists of the radical Islamic organization Hizb ut-Tahrir have been detained in the Russian internal republic of Bashkortostan, and five of them were arrested as key figures in the group"

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10731011

[RIA Novosti] RUSSIA - REGIONAL OPERATIONAL HQ: MASKHADOV'S AND BASAYEV'S TWO ACCOMPLICES ELIMINATED IN CHECHNYA

http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5212431&startrow=1&date=2004-12-15&do_alert=0

[AP] ALBANIA - Albania freezes assets of fugitive Saudi businessman on U.S. terror list

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/12/15/latest/20164Albaniafr&sec=latest

[xinhua] ALBANIA - Albanian police arrest group smuggling ground-to-air missiles

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2330715.htm

[UPI] GLOBAL - Bin Laden calls for oil attacks

http://www.insightmag.com/news/2004/12/13/World/Bin-Laden.Calls.For.Oil.Attacks-829504.shtml

[Khaleej Times] GLOBAL - Tape attributed to bin Laden posted on Web

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2004/December/middleeast_December423.xml&section=middleeast

[Xinhua] COLOMBIA - Colombia foils bomb attack on president [7kg car bomb]

"Colombian security forces on Thursday foiled a car-bomb attack attempt at President Alvaro Uribe and arrested three people of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). "

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/17/content_2346160.htm

[Expatica] GERMANY - Origin of mysterious Frankfurt airport gas unknown [ 61 taken to hospital, coughing, runny eyes ]

"mysterious gas released the previous evening near a Lufthansa check-in counter in Frankfurt"

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=15134&name=Origin+of+mysterious+Frankfurt+airport+gas+unknown

[Daily Times] AFGHANISTAN - Four Afghan cops killed in bomb blast

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_17-12-2004_pg7_47

[Reuters] AMSTERDAM - Dutch arrest Islamic school bomb attack suspect

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16671430.htm

[BBC News] PAKISTAN - Karachi 'bomb plotters' arrested [ Carrying explosives ]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4102417.stm

[Hindustan Times] INDIA - Explosive device recovered from rail track

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1155654,000900030004.htm

[Japan Today] JAPAN - Sky marshals deployed on commercial flights

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=&id=322213

[AFP] THAILAND - Thailand arrests, charges four Muslims with "terrorism" in south

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/122599/1/.html

[Asia Pacific News] INDONESIA / AUSTRALIA - Australian intelligence agents have foiled terror attacks in Indonesia: report

"a large number of people have been arrested, and bombings have been prevented"

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/australasia/view/122743/1/.html

[UNI] INDIA - Central forces being prepared for bio-chemical terror strikes

http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG3_sub.asp?ccode=ENG3&newscode=85542

[Interfax-Northwest] RUSSIA - FSB has information on possible terror acts in St. Pete

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10731407