The Transportation Security Administration performed a security sweep of a Delta Air Lines plane at Orlando International Airport last night after an inch-and-a-half long knife blade was found on board.
The blade, which appeared to be a piece of a broken knife, was found by a passenger on Delta Flight 1293 on its way from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to Orlando, said TSA spokeswoman Sari Koshetz.
The passenger then alerted the flight crew, who called TSA. All of the passengers were allowed to exit the plane and leave the airport, Koshetz said. "It's unusual," Koshetz said of the incident. "We didn't consider it a threat in any way. We ensured the plane was safe for future passengers."
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2007/02/piece_of_blade_.html
Police investigating two works bomb explosions (Illinois)
Monday, February 12, 2007
GALESBURG - Galesburg police are investigating two works bomb explosions reported at 5:37 p.m. Sunday. Dispatchers received several calls regarding "shots fired" in the 200 block of Lincoln Street. Investigating officers found remnants of two exploded works bombs and a live works bomb in the road in front of 228 Fulton St. Firefighters used a pike pole to release pressure from the plastic bottle before disposing of it.
A works bomb is a homemade bomb made from common household ingredients. Although these types of bombs do not cause flames or produce a tremendous amount of heat, they can cause burns or injury to the eyes of a person.
http://www.register-mail.com/stories/021207/LOC_BCC8HDF7.GID.shtml
CLEVELAND - The former imam of Ohio's largest mosque has spoken with his attorney for the first time since he was arrested by Israel after being deported from the U-S last week.
The lawyer says Israeli authorities are interested in any knowledge Fawaz Damra may have of Islamic Jihad, a militant Palestinian group that has carried out suicide bombings and rocket attacks against Israel. The lawyer says Damra is not charged with a crime and is being interrogated. Israel and the U-S say the Islamic Jihad is a terrorist organization.
Damra was deported to his native West Bank by American authorities last week because he concealed his ties to Islamic Jihad when he applied for U-S citizenship in 1994. Damra served as the imam, or religious leader, of the Islamic Center of Cleveland in Parma.
http://www.woio.com/Global/story.asp?s=5924684
Egypt MP says only nuclear bomb can stop Israeli digging
02.12.07
"That cursed Israel is trying to destroy al-Aqsa mosque," Mohamed el-Katatny of President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) told the Egyptian Parliament, adding "nothing will work with Israel except for a nuclear bomb that wipes it out of existence." Other members of el-Katatny's party called to revoke Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel.
Thanks, Oorang
"works bomb"
I hadn't heard that terminology before.