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erroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 08/03/2005 # 1

National:

[AP] USA - State Department Issues Worldwide Terror Caution

"Current information suggests attacks are planned in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East"

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBY57CPWBE.html

[News-Times] CONNECTICUT - School bus drivers to be on alert for terror

http://news.newstimeslive.com/story.php?id=73303&category=Local

[Philadelphia Inquirer] PENNSYLVANIA - Police detonate suspicious backpack on a SEPTA train

"bag contained wiring"

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/12282435.htm

[Alton Telegraph] ILLINOIS - Suspicious device

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14961039&BRD=1719&PAG=461&dept_id=25271&rfi=6

[Union-Tribune] USA - Feel radioactive? Stay shy of the border [ Medical radiation patients setting off border monitors ]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/bell/20050802-9999-1m2bell.html

[Reuters] FLORIDA - Tax assessor threatened in Florida anthrax hoax

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N82608841.htm

[AP] USA - HHS May Use Mail to Deliver Emergency Meds

"In the event of a flu pandemic or a bioterrorism attack, help could arrive via the U.S. mail or from the fire station down the street"

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050802/D8BNRRRO0.html

[AP] NORHT CAROLINA - Amtrak Train Strikes Loaded Dump Truck and Derails in Raleigh, NC, Killing Two

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBD5N2IWBE.html

[Ottawa Citizen] CANADA - Hunting al-Qaeda: Inside the RCMP's search for a terror cell

http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=5da5e065-cdbb-4384-b3f1-790347e94e0c

[VOA] CANADA - Canadian Police Are Beefing Up the Security of Their Borders

"efforts by Canadian police to prevent border violations, especially by would-be terrorists trying to smuggle deadly weapons in or out of the
country"

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-02-voa22.cfm

[OfficialWire OP/ED] USA - Why The Border Patrol Can’t Do Its Job

http://news.baou.com/main.php?action=recent&rid=20386

[WDIV] MICHIGAN - Bomb Squad Investigates Possible Grenade In Yard

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4798213/detail.html

[AP] RHODE ISLAND - Grenade found near berry farm in North Kingstown

http://www.abc6.com/engine.pl?station=wlne&id=16993&template=breakout_story_local_news.shtml&dateformat=%25M+%25e,%25Y

[Media General News Service] USA - A Dirty Bomb Could be a Catastrophe

http://washdateline.mgnetwork.com/index.cfm?SiteID=wsh&PackageID=46&fuseaction=article.main&ArticleID=7355&GroupID=215

[AP] USA - Feds arrest 582 alleged members of gangs [TW Editors note : MS-13; Latin Kings; Mexican Mafia, 582 down 10000+ to go ]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002415527_gangs02.html

[WND] USA/ MEXICO BORDER - Minutemen aid in arrest of 21 illegals

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45569

[NBCSandiego.com] USA / MEXICO BORDER - Man Shot In Head Near Border Survives

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/4802234/detail.html

[WND] USA / MEXICO BORDER - Feds' terror-threat response challenged

"While officials are talking, Minutemen are acting"

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45570

[The NewStandard] USA / MEXICO BORDER - Legislation Authorizing Civilian Border Patrols introduced

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2175

[Seattle Weekly] USA / CANADA - Borderline Effective

"After an Arizona demonstration, 'minutemen' are coming to watch over the Washington-Canada border"

http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0531/050803_news_minutemen.php

[Stars and Stripes] USA / OKINAWA - Suspicious package found near theater on Okinawa base

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=30726

[San Mateo County TImes] CALIFORNIA - Suspicious substance no hazard, say fire officials

"suspicious substance in an envelope sent two people to the hospital and forced the evacuation of an investment company's offices "

http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_2907324

[AP] NEW YORK - 2 NY officials back terror check profiling

"Middle Easterners should be targeted for searches on city subways, two elected officials said, contending that police have been wasting time
with random checks in efforts to prevent terrorism in the transit system"

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/12286872.htm

[Terre Haute Tribune Star] INDIANA - Police arrest Terre Haute man after bomb explosion

http://www.tribstar.com/articles/2005/08/03/news/local_and_bistate/lb02.txt

[Editors Note - TerroristWarning.com is particularly interested in recent reports of pipe bombs, real or hoaxes, particularly within the last
week - please email any articles or reports to News@TerroristWarning.com Thank You ]

[The American Conservative] USA / IRAN - Attack on Iran: Pre-emptive Nuclear War

"In Washington it is hardly a secret that the same people in and around the administration who brought you Iraq are preparing to do the same
for Iran"

"plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons"

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20050802&articleId=791

[Daily Dispatch] HOUSTON - Mistakes happen; delays in terror investigations can't [ TW EDITORS NOTE - FBI Drops the ball, again (Still )]

"Joseph Webber, the senior Immigration and Customs agent in Houston, has complained that the FBI took months to follow up on a lead he
sent them in his pursuit of obtaining a wiretap"

"Just as alarming, after Webber filed his complaint, he was notified that he was also the target of an investigation"

http://www.hendersondispatch.com/articles/2005/08/03/news/opinion/opin01.txt

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International:

[ABC Radio Australia] PAPAU NEW GUINEA - PNG telephone exchange victim of sabotage

"criminals blew-up Telikom PNG's main telephone exchange using petrol bombs"

http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1427648.htm

[AP] COLOMBIA - Bomb Kills 11 Colombian Police; 2,000 Right-Wing Fighters Disarm [Roadside Bomb]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBSWG4JVBE.html

[AP] NORTH KOREA - North Korean Envoy Says No Progress at Nuclear Talks

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBZZRU9WBE.html

[AP] COLOMBIA - Colombian Police Raise Death Toll in Roadside Bombing to 15

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB5RPF9WBE.html

[TVNZ] NEW ZEALAND - Suspicious powder found at Chch IRD [ Govt bldg, 3 taken to hospital ]

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/601379

[Stuff] NEW ZEALAND - Suspicious package forces Wellington road closure [ False alarm ]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3365130a10,00.html

[KUNA] TURKEY - Police defuses banner-bomb in Mersin

"police managed to defuse a bomb planted inside a banner hanged from a bridge "

http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=757354

[Australian] TURKEY - Bomb blast injures two

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16134988%255E1702,00.html

[Rising Nepal] NEPAL - Inform about suspicious persons, army requests people

http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/pageloader.php?file=2005/08/02/topstories/main6

[Reuters] IRAN - Bomb explodes outside BA, BP offices in Iran [ No casualties ]

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/August/middleeast_August40.xml&section=middleeast&col=

[Anadolu News Agency] IRAN - Voice Bomb Caused Tehran Blast Today [ Voice Activated ]

"where the offices of British Airways, BP and Mercedes Benz are located"

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20050802&hn=22542

[AP] IRAN - Motorcycle Gunman Assassinates Judge in Tehran

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBPQZ4HWBE.html

[Interfax] RUSSIA - Bomb found on Makhachkala outskirts

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11357785

[AP] SPAIN - Police Identify Syrian-Born Spaniards as Madrid Bombing Ideologues

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBL4W9JWBE.html

[NewIndPress.com] INDIA - In J&K, militants copycat Iraq: Car bomb as weapon

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEH20050802112541&Page=H&Title=Top+Stories&Topic=0

[Sofia News Agency] BULGARIA - Fake Bomb Tip Off Closes Sofia Airport

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=50779

[Reuters] EGYPT - Egypt police slay bomb suspect, wife

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/08/02/egypt_police_slay_bomb_suspect_wife

[TamilNet] SRI LANKA - Tamil Conference begins in Batticaloa amidst bomb explosion

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=15527

[AP] RUSSIA - Russian general: Country’s nuclear missiles to remain combat-ready

http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1006487.php

[Manila Times] PHILIPPINES - Rebels stage simultaneous raids in Bicol; PNP on alert

"NPA attacked a communication tower and police outpost simultaneously"

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/aug/03/yehey/prov/20050803pro1.html

[VOA] BOSNIA - US Issues New Travel Warning for Bosnia

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-01-voa68.cfm

[SouthAsia network] INDIA / PAKISTAN - Possibility of A Nuclear War In South Asia: US Report

http://southasia.net/article504.html

[ABC Regional Online] AUSTRALIA - Police disarm explosives found in Perth

"Police have disarmed a package containing military-style explosives that was found in a car on the Perth foreshore"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200508/s1429414.htm

[ABC Australia] AUSTRALIA - Police aware of terrorist cells: Keelty

"Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty says claims that 60 Islamic extremists are operating in Australia "

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200508/s1428898.htm

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