TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 10/19/2005 # 1
National:
[WBAL] MARYLAND - FBI Questions Baltimore Storeowner
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/5119689/detail.html
[AP] MARYLAND - Baltimore's Harbor Tunnel Thruway shut down
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/10/18/baltimores_harbor_tunnel_thruway_shut_down/
[WESH] FLORIDA - Explosive Device Detonated At Drug Store [Walgreens]
homemade explosive device placed at the store's entrance detonated sometime before 5 a.m., and the building
sustained some minor damage"
http://www.wesh.com/news/5105712/detail.html
[WHBF] IOWA - Possible Bomb Scare
"After several hours, they escorted a large white capsule away from the house, possibly containing a bomb"
http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=3986373&nav=0zGo
[Standard Democrat] MISSOURI - Jeff CIty - Bomb scare [ wal-Mart McDonalds parking lot]
"Missouri State Highway Patrol in Jefferson City sets up a water cannon on a suspected bomb Friday night in the
parking lot of Wal-mart"
http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/865/public/news668546.html
[Enid News and Eagle] OKLAHOMA - FBI right to keep public informed on OU bombing
http://www.enidnews.com/cnhi/enidnews/opinion/local_story_290011324?keyword=topstory
[KOCO] OKLAHOMA - Suspicious Package Only Medical Container
http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/5110873/detail.html
[Renew America/ Jim Kouri] USA - Intelligence Czar creates new Clandestine Service
http://renewamerica.us/columns/kouri/051016
[clickondetroit.com] MICHIGAN - Suspicious Package Evacuates St. Clair School
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/5106505/detail.html
[UPI] WASHINGTON DC - Backpack near White House stalls traffic
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20051017-10324400-bc-us-package.xml
[Dispatch] IOWA - Explosive device found in Davenport house
http://qconline.com/archives/qco/sections.cgi?prcss=display&id=261272
[Statesman Journal] OREGON - Powder found in another envelope [2nd incident]
"There was a written threat in at least one of the envelopes"
http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051018/NEWS/510180319/1001
[WorldNetDaily] USA - Hamas 'capable of U.S. attacks'
"Hamas has cells inside the United States that are technically capable of attacking the country, terrorism experts
and senior security officials told WorldNetDaily"
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46861
[Duluth News Tribune] MINNESOTA - Local lawyer investigates al-Qaeda
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/12924071.htm
[Las Vegas Sun] LAS VEGAS - Violent gang with Central American roots expands deep into U.S. [MS-13]
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2005/oct/14/519508623.html
[The State] SOUTH CAROLINA - Hazmat, public safety teams converge on roadside white powder
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/12925374.htm
[Mississauga News] CANADA - Building evacuated while package investigated
" package was warm to the touch"
http://www.mississauganews.com/mi/topstories/story/3100219p-3596293c.html
[WXOW] WISCONSIN - Bomb Squad Takes Care of Suspicious Material
http://www.wxow.com/news/publish/articles/article_3036.shtml
[Union-Tribune] MEXICO - Man in nuclear-terror hoax held in Mexicali
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20051017-1257-bn17hoax.html
[KOTV] OKLAHOMA - OU Stadium Security On Red Alert For Saturday's Game
http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=91998
[WTSP] FLORIDA - Reward offered in power transformer shooting
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=20070
[Reporter] CALIFORNIA - Bomb threat closes two county buildings [ False alarm ]
"two telephoned bomb threats from a male caller"
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_3127682
[Post-Intelligencer] WASHINGTON - Local man caught up in al-Qaida case
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/244875_malkandi17.html
[AFP] USA - US security chief strives to expel all illegal immigrants
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/18/051018154752.u9fj2ynj.html
[AP] USA - State leaders to focus federal dollars on border security
"Let's start using some of this gear and quit focusing on buying more gear,"
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=117411
[Houston Chronicle] TEXAS - FBI investigates claims of bomb threat on campus
"Prairie View campus police allege officers found chemicals in Aluka's apartment "that can be used in the making
of explosives" and they called in the FBI to investigate "in the interest of national security."
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3402846
[NJ.com] NEW JERSEY - 2 sniper suspects taken; cops swarm building [Site requires registration]
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1129713239270180.xml&coll=3
[WABC] NEW JERSEY - Possible Sniper Affecting Light Rail Traffic
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=traffic&id=3548931
[Local10.com] FLORIDA - Possible Sniper Reported In Downtown Miami [Next to waterway]
http://www.local10.com/news/5125573/detail.html
International:
[Inquirer News Services] PHILIPPINES - Cebu tightens port security for terror attacks [Underwater bomb attacks]
"following intelligence reports that Cebu would likely be a target of underwater bomb attacks by terrorist groups"
http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=53612
[AP] IRAQ - U.S.: 70 Insurgents Killed in Airstrikes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/17/AR2005101700150.html
[AP] EGYPT - Egypt Frees Senior Member of Opposition Muslim Brotherhood
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB6F9USVEE.html
[AP] ISRAEL - Palestinian Gunmen Kill Three Israelis, Wound Five in Separate Attacks
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBQ9R1SVEE.html
[ABC News Online] AUSTRALIA - AFP informed of mine explosive theft
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1483277.htm
[WebIndia123] INDIA - Security beefed up around US establishements following alert
"Security has been tightened around the American Center and other US establishments in the city following
intelligence reports of possible attacks by the Al Qaeda"
"Al Quadea Jihadis had assembled in Bangladesh from different parts of the world, including Pakistan and were
planning to sneak into India to carry out attacks on US establishments very soon"
http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=139169&cat=India
[Reuters] TURKEY - Turkish troops kill three Maoist militants
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17736508.htm
[Reuters] COLOMBIA - Fourteen Colombian soldiers, rebels dead in combat
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N16163057.htm
[BBC] IRElAND - Two devices found in city alert
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4348480.stm
[Arutz Sheva] ISRAEL - Three Dead, Three Injured in Gush Etzion Terrorist Attack
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=91370
[Daily Independent] LAGOS - Lagos mystery fog not radioactive, says nuclear agency
http://www.independentng.com/news/nnoct170510.htm
[Infozine] PERU / USA - Peru Travel Alert Announcement
"Coca growers in Cuzco have called for a "series of actions" from October 18 through about October 20, 2005"
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/10855/
[Reuters] SRI LANKA - S.Lanka extends emergency amid assassination probe
"in the wake of the August assassination of its foreign minister"
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL4317.htm
[AP] INDIA - Suspected Militants Kill State Education Minister in Indian Kashmir
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBAXA43YEE.html
[AKI] SAUDI ARABIA - AL-QAEDA FLYERS HANDED OUT IN MECCA
"Saudi police in the holy Muslim city of Mecca arrested a group of Nigerian immigrants on Monday who were
distributing leaflets carrying a big photo of Osama bin Laden"
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.219800609&par=0
[Seoul Times] THAILAND - Bomb Kills 5 Near Hotel in Thailand [ Tourist area ]
"bomb was planted inside a car and likely triggered by mobile phone"
http://theseoultimes.com/ST/db/read.php?idx=1511
[Itar-Tass] NORWAY / RUSSIA - Norway's naval ships attack Russian trawler in Russian economic zone
http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2528179&PageNum=0
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