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TransitSecurityReport.com Headlines 10/022006 # 1

Aircraft/ Airports/ Aviation/ Airspace Incursions/ Stolen Aircraft/ etc:

[Mid-Day Multimedia Ltd] INDIA - Afzal death penalty sparks hijack alert

"JeM may attempt to hijack an aircraft from an Indian airport, particularly Delhi or Mumbai, and then ask for the release of Afzal in exchange"

http://ww3.mid-day.com/news/city/2006/september/144342.htm

[AP] NEW YORK - Bomb squad investigates suspicious bag found at JFK parking lot

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--airport-suspiciou0928sep28,0,1952499.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

[TM & 2006 CBS Radio Inc] NEW YORK - Suspect Arrested After Suspicious Bag at JFK

http://1010wins.com/pages/94590.php?contentType=4&contentId=214991

[AP] WISCONSIN - Officials detain passenger whose carryon bag had message deriding airport security chief

"Kip Hawley is an Idiot" said the Baggie"

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/28/america/NA_GEN_US_Air_Security.php

[Journal Sentinel] WISCONSIN - Man arrested in motel bomb threat

"man who said he had explosives and apparently threatened to use them at the Airport Lodge motel "

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=506308

[Reuters] USA / RUSSIA - AIRSPACE - NORAD says intercepted Russian aircraft off Alaska [Tu-95 Bear heavy bombers ]

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-09-30T023010Z_01_N29420905_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-SECURITY-NORAD-COL.XML

Buses/ Bus Stations / Bus Stops:

[Minda News] PHILIPPINES - Armed men torch passenger bus

http://mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=983&Itemid=50

See also http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/September/theworld_September1057.xml&section=theworld

[Thanh Nien] VIETNAM - Three killed, nine injured in dynamite blast aboard Vietnam bus

"Dynamite carried aboard a bus by a passenger went off in Vietnam Thursday killing three passengers and injuring nine others"

http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=20627

[ABC7/KGO-TV/DT] CALIFORNIA - Two Pipe Bombs Found In Livermore

"Last Friday, a public works employee found a device in the 1400 block of Rutan Road near the Livermore Airport"

"...was waiting for a bus today near where the first device was found"

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=4610153

[The Hindu] INDIA - Six injured in ULFA attack

"grenade attack by United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) near a bus stand "

http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/29/stories/2006092915800100.htm

[Daily Record] NEW JERSEY - Truck rams school bus almost head-on; 18 hurt

http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060929/COMMUNITIES53/609290340/1150/NEWS01

[NDTV] INDONESIA - Muslim mob stabs Christian in Indonesia

"Muslims dragged a Christian man from a bus and stabbed him"

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Muslim+mob+stabs+Christian+in+Indonesia%0D&id=94064

Railways/ Trains/ Light Rail/ Subways/ Trolleys/ Tubes/ Railway Bridges and Tunnels:

[Xinhua] ALGERIA - Algerian militants derail train in bomb attack

"bomb attack on the railway line has derailed a cargo train in Algeria but caused no casualties"

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/30/content_5159861.htm

[Times of India] INDIA - Live bombs found on railway tracks

"Railway Protection Security Force (RPSF) recovered four live bombs lying abandoned on the railway tracks "

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2055540.cms

[PTI] INDIA - Missile bomb recovered on Delhi-Ambala rail track

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200609301657.htm

[newindpress.com] INDIA - Bomb threat to railway station [bomb threat letter]

"letter stated that in case of any judgment against Muslims in the Coimbatore serial bomb blast case, the Al-Umma would trigger blasts in the Dharmapuri railway station, main bridges which come on Salem-Bangalore BG track and selective express trains"

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060928125126&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&

[Pioneer Press] MINNESOTA - CP train derails; 5 homes evacuated

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/breaking_news/15638900.htm

[Sofia News Agency] BULGARIA - Six Train Cars Derail Near Sofia

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=70339

[Novinite] BULGARIA - Railway Thief Busted in Bulgaria [Theft, or sabotage?]

"man had unscrewed the bolts of eleven rails along with an associate"

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=70386

[Thomas Crosbie Media] INDIA / PAKISTAN - India to give Pakistan train bombings evidence

http://www.breakingnews.ie/2006/10/02/story279216.html

Seaports/ Shipping/ Cruises/ Ferries/ Maritime Security/ Cargo Security/ Container Security/ Lakes/ Waterways: None Today

Tankers/ Trucking/ Highways/ Roads:

[AP] PAKISTAN - Bomb blast hits Pakistani truck carrying fuel for U.S. forces in Afghanistan

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/01/asia/AS_GEN_Pakistan_Truck_Blast.php

[Pravda] USA - FBI covers terrorists as al-Qaeda prepares next American attack

"Fifteen people – most of them Muslims - were arrested in Missouri last week because of a large quantity of fake documents authorizing the transportation of dangerous freights and substances in the country"

"US authorities say that the detained individuals do not pose any threat to the national security of the country. Many experts believe, however, that officials simply attempt to pacify the population"

http://english.pravda.ru/world/americas/28-09-2006/84750-American_attack-0

Bridge, Tunnel, and Dam Security: None today

Health and Mass Transit: None today

Other/ Opinion/ Industry News/ General Relevance etc:

[voiceofsandiego.org] SAN DIEGO - DHS Finds City's Ports, Mass Transits Least Risky

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2006/09/29/government/904port.txt

[West Virginia Media] WEST VIRGINIA - Disaster Drill at Tri-State Airport

http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=14622

[Reuters] SUDAN - Four killed by exploding radios

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2006157,00.html

[Reuters] RUSSIA - Russia cuts links with Georgia [Air land and sea]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/02/georgia.russia.reut/index.html

[The Blotter] USA - Dozens of Foreign Pilots Training Illegally at US Flight Schools

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/dozens_of_forei.html

Notable but not necessarily transit related:

[DefenseNews.com] CHINA / USA - China Attempted To Blind U.S. Satellites With Laser

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2121111&C=america

See also http://www.nysun.com/article/40634

[Gizmodo] GLOBAL - Suspicious Looking Device from Junkfunnel Labs: We Don't Trust Its Irony [Photo, hoax devices for sale]

"The only function of the Suspicious Looking device is to appear as suspicious as possible, whether carried in hand or placed indiscrimately in public places."

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/suspicious-looking-device-from-junkfunnel-labs-we-dont-trust-its-irony-204407.php