The Philippine government has alerted immigration and security personnel against the possible entry of foreign terrorists.
The alert was raised in the wake of a call for jihad made this month by the Indonesian spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Bakr Bashir, against the United States and its allies. The Philippines has been supporting the U.S.-led global campaign against terrorism. Shirley Escalante reports Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales has ordered the strict monitoring of airlines and foreign visitors.
The Justice Department has received intelligence reports that four international airlines are being used for human trafficking to Manila by emissaries of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1797309.htm
Mysterious White Powder Spread in Front of US Embassy in Sofia
26 November 2006
White powder, spread in front of the Lozenets Hospital and the US Embassy in Sofia, raised the alarm of police and Civil Defence units on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said they have noticed an unknown man with a rucksack spreading the mysterious white substance in tiny piles on the alley connecting the two buildings.
A Civil Defence Unit has been sent on the spot to clean the powder and to analyse it, the Ministry of Interior reported. Civil Defence official said the powder looked like flour. Access to the spot is currently forbidden. Police are now tracking out the suspect.
Sri Lanka Air Force personnel found a parcel containing high explosives close to the Air Base at Koggala in the Southern province this morning (Sunday the 26th of Novemebr).
Airmen conducting a routine search patrol in the surroundings of the Air base detected the suspicious parcel around 9 a.m. The parcel when checked contained 750g of C-4 explosives, a detonator, and a number of metal pellets that are used in claymore mines. The Army bomb disposal squad rushed to the location and remove the items safely. Police investigations are in progress.
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20061126_03
Turkish Police on Alert due to Lost C-4
11.27.2006 Monday
Nazif Yuksel, Turkey’s anti-terrorism chief of the police department’s Intelligence Service, said 5,000 tons of C-4 explosives belonging to the Iraqi Defense Minitry had been lost, according to the CIA. Yuksel said these explosives could be used in Iraq but they could also easily be brought into Turkey.
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http://www.zaman.com/?bl=national&alt=&trh=20061127&hn=38691