TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 12/30/2004 # 1
National:
[AP] PENNSYLVANIA - Four Guatemalans detained after shooting video of nuclear plant
http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2742722
[KKTV] COLORADO - Lasers Cause Problems For Pilots [ 2 Incidents at Colorado Springs, similar incident in Ohio article below]
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/1309846.html
[Akron Beacon Journal ] OHIO - FBI investigates laser beam directed into airplane cockpit [ Editors Note: 6th such incident we are aware of in recent months]
"During the past year, several reports throughout the United States of laser lights directed at commercial flights have been reported to the Federal Aviation Administration and the FBI"
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/10522727.htm
[nbc5i.com] TEXAS - Bomb Scare Evacuates Wal-Mart [ Suspicious device, telephone threat ]
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/4031651/detail.html
[Boston Herald] USA - TELEVISION - Director hopes `Smallpox' fears are infectious
"Airing on FX at 8 p.m. on Sunday, this frightening docudrama looks at the fictional pandemic of smallpox in 2002, unleashed by an unidentified terrorist"
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/tvNews/view.bg?articleid=60802
[UPI] USA - Al-Qaida's nuclear ambitions said unattainable
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041229-020045-6815r.htm
[UPI] USA - Homeland Security questions
http://www.insightmag.com/news/2004/12/27/National/Homeland.Security.Questions-830150.shtml
[Las Vegas Review-Journal] LAS VEGAS - NEW YEARS - Officials promise a safe and sane celebration [ 300,000+ to celebrate ]
"Unlike last year, Las Vegas has not been mentioned time and time again as a possible target for terrorism"
"He would not say whether armed military helicopters would be flying security missions over the Strip as they did last year"
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Dec-29-Wed-2004/news/25563213.html
[Mt. Olive Chronicle] NEW JERSEY - Man admits to bogus anti-terrorism device
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13645477&BRD=1918&PAG=461&dept_id=506840&rfi=6
[NBC 11.com] CALIFORNIA - Police: Los Gatos Fire Possible Eco-Terrorism [ 8 vehicles burned on car lot ]
http://www.nbc11.com/news/4034264/detail.html
[NBC News] USA - CIA recruiting medical spooks
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6765861/
[NewsWithViews.com] USA / MEXICO BORDER - ILLEGAL ALIEN INVASION COULD BRING MORE VIOLENCE
"We have the right to protect our own and if that means start shooting them to get the message across, so be it."
"On June 13, 2004, U.S. Border patrol agents detained 53 Arabic speaking men near the Mexican border in Arizona. An earlier incident on June 21st involved 24 Arabic speaking men who were seized after being chased."
http://www.newswithviews.com/NWVexclusive/exclusive67.htm
[AP] USA - al-Qaida Surveillance Techniques Detailed
"New Intelligence Bulletin by FBI, Homeland Security Details al-Qaida Surveillance Techniques"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=370145
[AP] USA - Muslims claim unfair treatment at border
[TownHall.com] USA - EDITORIAL - Americans pass gut check
",the world now knows that Americans intend to stand and fight"
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/printtb20041229.shtml
[Medfield Press] USA - Support our troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan
http://www2.townonline.com/medfield/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=154830
[KPVI] IDAHO - Waste Water Treatment Plant tampering reward offered
"It does qualify as domestic terrorism, where somebody's trying to disable the sewer treatment plant, which is what would have happened if they had been successful."
http://www.kpvi.com/index.cfm?page=nbcheadlines.cfm&ID=23013
International:
[The Australian] SAUDI ARABIA - Blast heard in Saudi capital [ Editors note: Reports of 2 or more explosions, one a car bomb, shots fired, some injuries but no reported damage ]
"al-Maazar district where the interior ministry and the Intercontinental Hotel are located"
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11810353%255E1702,00.html
[AFP] SAUDI ARABIA - US embassy urges caution after Saudi car bombings
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=35402
[Reuters] ALGERIA - Al Qaeda-linked rebels kill seven in Algeria
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29712016.htm
[New Kerala] INDIA - Politician among 9 killed in Srinagar terrorist attack:
http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=52025
[Hindustan Times] INDIA - Terrorist killed, six hideouts busted in J&K
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1174367,0006.htm
[Jerusalem Post] ISRAEL - Soldiers capture Hamas terrorist south of Ramallah
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1104291020446
[Frontpagemag.com] ISRAEL - The 2004 Apologists for Palestinian Terrorism Awards
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16458
[Arutz Sheva] ISRAEL - Kaddoumi Promises More Terrorism To Eliminate Israel
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=74327
[Khaleej Times] PAKISTAN - Al Qaeda suspects kill Pakistani tribal leader
[AP] SOUTHEAST ASIA - Southeast Asian security forces remain vigilant for terror attacks
http://www.whnt19.com/Global/story.asp?S=2744011
[San Diego Union Tribune] SENEGAL - Security among many risks for Dakar rally racers
"This month authorities in Mauritania said they had arrested a man with links to al Qaeda who was planning to attack Americans taking part in the 2005 rally"
"U.S. Embassy has issued a note telling all Americans involved in the rally to exercise "special caution"
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20041229-0500-sport-rallying-dakar-security.html
[Xinhuanet] PAKISTAN - Politician shot dead in Pakistan's tribal region
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/29/content_2392295.htm
[UPI] YEMEN - Yemen hotel to sue US Embassy
"A five-star hotel in Yemen will sue the US Embassy for advising Americans not to spend New Year's Eve there for security reasons"
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041229-050218-6930r.htm
[UPI] PAKISTAN - 30 Pakistani soldiers refuse to fight
"refused to fight tribes backing Taliban and al-Qaida suspects"
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041228-012843-2166r.htm
[Jerusalem Post] ISRAEL - Technion's anthrax drug 'breakthrough'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1104291020943
[UPI] RUSSIA - Russia seizes radioactive 'devices'
"13 highly radioactive devices at a Sakhalin port"
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041229-012637-2466r.htm
[RIA Novosti] RUSSIA - RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS SEIZED ON SAKHALIN ISLAND [low-enriched uranium-238 isotopes]
"Doctors and specialists from other regional controlling agencies found 13 radioactive devices "
"radiation levels exceeded background radiation 200 times over"
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5264936&startrow=1&date=2004-12-29&do_alert=0
[Middle East Online] SPAIN - Another Moroccan detained in Spain [on charges of terrorist conspiracy]
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=12280
[Arutz Sheva] ISRAEL - IDF Counter-Terrorist Operation in Gaza
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=74415
[Daily Times] PAKISTAN - Sectarian terrorist suspect arrested
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_30-12-2004_pg7_34
[Daily Times] PHILIPPINES - Philippine troops on high alert for possible terror attacks
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_30-12-2004_pg4_8
[Stuff.co.nz] NEW ZEALAND - Bomb squad blows up suspicious package
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3143493a11,00.html
[Xinhua] ISRAEL - Jihad develops new homemade rocket
"Islamic Jihad (Holy War) announced on Wednesday that it had successfully test fired a homemade rocket with a range of 18 kilometers."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/29/content_2392333.htm
heads up
Airing on FX at 8 p.m. on Sunday, this frightening docudrama looks at the fictional pandemic of smallpox in 2002, unleashed by an unidentified terrorist.
"We have the right to protect our own and if that means start shooting them to get the message across, so be it."
"On June 13, 2004, U.S. Border patrol agents detained 53 Arabic speaking men near the Mexican border in Arizona. An earlier incident on June 21st involved 24 Arabic speaking men who were seized after being chased."
http://www.newswithviews.com/NWVexclusive/exclusive67.htm
"New Intelligence Bulletin by FBI, Homeland Security Details al-Qaida Surveillance Techniques"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=370145
Americans pass gut check
",the world now knows that Americans intend to stand and fight"
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/printtb20041229.shtml
[KPVI] IDAHO - Waste Water Treatment Plant tampering reward offered
"It does qualify as domestic terrorism, where somebody's trying to disable the sewer treatment plant, which is what would have happened if they had been successful."
http://www.kpvi.com/index.cfm?page=nbcheadlines.cfm&ID=23013
Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20041265.txt
NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
December 30, 2004
Release Number: 04-12-65
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOLDIERS DISCOVER, SEIZE MULTIPLE WEAPONS CACHES
AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Soldiers from an engineer battalion in the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force discovered 18 separate weapons caches during sweeping operations on Dec. 28 and on Dec. 29 in Ramadi.
The 44th Engineer Battalion, which has been serving in Iraq since August, discovered complete mortar systems, mortar and artillery rounds, rockets, explosive material used in roadside bombs, and various types of small arms and ammunition.
The number of discovered caches demonstrates the brigade’s successes in decreasing the enemy’s inventory of weapons and munitions. Weapons and munitions included mortar shells, homemade grenade launchers, assault rifles, anti-personnel landmines, anti-tank mines and various forms of ammunition.
The discovery, seizure and subsequent destruction of the weapons caches, greatly reduces anti-Iraqi forces’ ability to launch attacks against Multi-National forces and innocent Iraqis.
http://www.kpvi.com/index.cfm?page=nbcheadlines.cfm&ID=23013
"REWARD FOR INFORMATION"
Dec 28, 2004
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police are now offering a $2,000 reward to anyone with information on whomever tampered with the Waste Water Treatment Plant in Blackfoot.
Police say that someone tampered with the system during the first week of December. Someone purposefully altered a gas line, causing a leak in the building that could have destroyed the entire plant. An employee discovered the leak and shut off the gas line before damage could occur."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1311236/posts
"Floating mines add to chaos"
fairfax.com.au ^ | 12/31/04 | Point Pedro
Posted on 12/30/2004 4:40:50 PM PST by Ellesu