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http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46596
Iran-Tied Terrorist, Other Suspects Nabbed In Iraq Raids
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2007 – Coalition forces captured 27 suspected terrorists, including an alleged terrorist with ties to Iranian elements, during missions conducted across Iraq today as Operation Phantom Thunder continues, U.S. military officials reported.
Coalition forces detained a suspected secret cell terrorist today in Baghdad’s Sadr City section. It is believed the suspected terrorist has close ties to Iranian terror networks and is responsible for numerous attacks on Iraqi civilians as well as on Iraqi and coalition forces in Baghdad.
The detainee also is suspected of recruiting Iraqis to fill the ranks of Iranian terror groups operating in Iraq, officials said.
“Coalition troops continue to target the terrorists who bring explosively formed penetrators and other aid into Iraq,” said Army Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, Multinational Force Iraq spokesperson. “We remain committed to dismantling terror networks that seek to kill innocent Iraqis and coalition forces.”
Explosively formed penetrators are sophisticated roadside bombs designed to penetrate armored vehicles.
This and other ongoing military operations are part of an overall offensive against insurgents in Iraq called Operation Phantom Thunder, which began June 15, once all “surge” troops were in place.
Also today, coalition troops killed three terrorists and detained 26 others during a series of operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders and terrorist-bomb networks.
Coalition troops disrupted the al Qaeda in Iraq senior leader network during a raid on several buildings east of Fallujah. Three terrorists were killed and 16 suspects were detained.
In Anbar province today, coalition forces raided a suspected terrorist haven northeast of Karmah. The ground forces captured four individuals at the scene, including one man who allegedly has ties to a senior al Qaeda leader who was killed during a May 1 coalition operation.
Just south of Baghdad, coalition forces today raided a building in search of a suspected agent for a leader in the Baghdad vehicle-bomb network. The ground forces detained two suspected terrorists and moved to a second building, where they found and captured the suspected agent.
Also today, coalition troops captured a close associate of the suspected military commander for al Qaeda forces in the Tarmiyah area during a raid west of the town. And in Mosul today, coalition forces detained two suspected terrorists while targeting the alleged al Qaeda emir in Kirkuk, believed to be responsible for issuing anti-coalition edicts.
In other Iraq news, U.S. and Iraqi security forces uncovered weapons caches in two mosques in Baghdad’s Rashid district during June 27-28 operations.
On June 28, U.S. soldiers with Company A, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment and Iraqi security forces entered Al-Sadiq Mosque and found six AK-47 asault rifles and a bag of hand grenades buried in the courtyard.
Inside the mosque, they found a PKM machine gun, a drum of PKM ammunition, 22 assault rifle magazines, an expended rocket-propelled grenade booster, seven demolition boosters, 30 feet of detonation cord, a stick of dynamite, two RPG warheads, 10 blocks of TNT, a 122 mm mortar round, a sniper scope, three RPG fins, 14 blasting caps, more than 500 loose 7.62 mm rounds, six pressure switches, six timers, 12 9-volt batteries, a 6-volt battery and assorted communications devices.
The cache, enough to build numerous roadside bombs, was destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal unit. Under Iraqi law, citizens are allowed one assault rifle and one 30-round magazine for protection.
Early on June 27, Company A, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, and Iraqi Security Forces entered the Al-Mahada Mosque in the Saydiyah portion of the city and found eight AK-47s with 40 magazines and body armor.
In other news, members of the 4th “Dragons” Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, found a cache of Iranian-made rocket materials, stopped the emplacement of an improvised explosive device and detained numerous suspected terrorists during operations in Baghdad’s Rashid district June 27-28.
On June 28, U.S. soldiers killed three insurgents, wounded two others and detained 10 suspects. In Risalah, a patrol from 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment “Vanguards” began to take fire from two machine guns. The patrol returned fire, killing both insurgents and confiscating their PKC machine guns. During that same operation, the Vanguards captured an alleged IED cell member with known connections to Jaish Al-Mahdi leaders.
A few hours later, an insurgent was killed and three Iraqis wounded when three teenagers tried to breach a checkpoint on a tractor. When the three were stopped and tried to flee, one raised an AK-47 and Multinational Division Baghdad troops opened fire, killing him. The two others were not targeted, but were hit by stray rounds. A girl was hit by a ricochet round, treated for her injuries at the scene and was released.
Also on June 28, soldiers of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, detained six suspected terrorists, one of them believed to be a financier of a local terrorist cell.
On June 27, the “Black Lions” of Company A, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, found a cache of Iranian-made rocket parts in Aamel. The cache consisted of several empty 107 mm cases with the same lot numbers as those seized June 17, a rocket launcher, materials to build more than 50 launchers, 13 60 mm mortar rounds, an 81mm mortar, rocket-propelled grenades, a large quantity of homemade and plastic explosives, a bag of shotgun shells, two bags of loose 7.62 rounds, a light anti-tank weapon, three assault rifles, an optical sight and an assortment of initiators and grenades.
Also on June 27, troops from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade, currently operating in the Rashid district under the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, witnessed a suspicious person digging a hole in an area where IEDs have been previously placed. The troops opened fire. The digger and two other individuals supervising nearby were injured.
The individual digging the hole was a teenager. He was taken to a coalition medical facility for treatment. All three suspects were detained for further questioning. Also that day, soldiers of 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, detained four more suspects.
In other news, U.S. soldiers recovered three weapons caches and seized five suspected insurgents in three separate incidents in eastern Baghdad, June 26.
Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, found two rocket-propelled grenades, three rocket-propelled grenade motors, a drum of ammunition and a spool of wire in New Baghdad, thanks to a tip from residents. Two suspects were detained in the operation.
A second raid by the same unit in New Baghdad that day netted a pistol, an air rifle and three more insurgent suspects.
A third operation, conducted by soldiers with 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, uncovered a weapons cache in Baghdad’s Rusafa district. The troops recovered a cache containing two AK-47 assault rifles, two machine guns, an armor vest and four grenades.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46597
U.S., Afghan Troops Seize 16 Suspected Taliban in Raid
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2007 – Afghan and U.S. forces today detained 16 militants during a raid on an alleged Taliban compound and began an offensive to clear the Taliban from the Helman River’s western bank.
In Nangarhar province’s Sherzad district, coalition forces acted on credible intelligence that led to three separate compounds. The compounds were suspected of harboring Taliban and foreign fighters who had previously targeted Afghan and coalition forces.
Taliban forces inside two of the compounds attempted to engage coalition forces as they approached. Coalition troops fired on the militants, killing the assailants and quickly securing the compounds.
The anti-insurgent forces searched the compounds and found rocket-propelled grenade launchers and several grenades, which were removed to a safe distance and destroyed.
No civilians were injured in the operations.
The detainees will be questioned as to their identities and involvement in militant activities.
Elements of the 205th Afghan National Army Corps, advised by coalition forces, began a new operation to clear the Taliban on the western bank of the Helmand River today.
Afghan and coalition forces were in the process of clearing the river area when an enemy mortar crew started firing at their position. After ground forces determined where the enemy was firing from, they called in coalition close-air support, which destroyed the mortar-firing position, killing several enemy combatants.
In a separate engagement during this operation, enemy forces attempted to ambush the Afghan and coalition forces with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. The Afghan and coalition troops returned fire, killing numerous enemy fighters.
Several compounds were cleared of enemy fighters in the first 12 hours of the operation, officials said. More than a dozen Taliban were killed. No civilians have been reported killed during the operation.
“The residents of the Helmand province should be able to enjoy the same freedoms that most of the world enjoys on a daily basis: freedom from oppression, freedom to receive an education and freedom to live in a safe Afghanistan,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force 82 spokesman. “These are some of the freedoms that most of us take for granted. This operation in the Helmand province is one more step toward achieving those freedoms.”
(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 82 news releases)
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/06/20070629-17.html
Executive Order: Further Amending Executive Order 13381, as Amended, to Extend Its Duration by One Year
White House News
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to extend by 1 year the duration of Executive Order 13381 of June 27, 2005 (Strengthening Processes Relating to Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information), as amended, it is hereby ordered that:
Section 1. Section 6(a) of Executive Order 13381, as amended, is further amended by striking “April 1, 2007” and inserting in lieu thereof “April 1, 2008”.
Sec. 2. Section 6(b) of Executive Order 13381, as amended, is further amended by striking “July 1, 2007” and inserting in lieu thereof “July 1, 2008”.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 28, 2007.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/06/20070629-5.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 29, 2007
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible for Policies and Actions That Threaten Lebanon’s Sovereignty and Democracy
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
White House News
In order to foster democratic institutions in Lebanon, to help the Lebanese people preserve their sovereignty and achieve their aspirations for democracy and regional stability, and to end the sponsorship of terrorism in Lebanon, it is in the interest of the United States to restrict the international travel, and to suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of aliens who deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon’s sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic institutions, contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, or benefit from policies or actions that do so, including through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated violence and intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons described in section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in sections 2 and 3 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the United States.
I therefore hereby proclaim that:
Section 1. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of the following aliens is hereby suspended:
(a) Lebanese government officials, former Lebanese government officials, and private persons who deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon’s sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon;
(b) Syrian government officials, former Syrian government officials, and persons who meet the criteria for designation under section 3(a)(i) or (ii) of Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, who deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon’s sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon;
(c) Persons in Lebanon who act on behalf of, or actively promote the interests of, Syrian government officials by deliberately undermining or harming Lebanon’s sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon;
(d) Persons who, through their business dealings with any of the persons described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section, derive significant financial benefit from, or materially support, policies or actions that deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon’s sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon; and
(e) The spouses and dependent children of persons described in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section.
Sec. 2. Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply with respect to any person otherwise covered by section 1 where entry of such person would not be contrary to the interests of the United States.
Sec. 3. Persons covered by section 1 or 2 of this proclamation shall be identified by the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s designee, in his or her sole discretion, pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary may establish under section 5 of this proclamation.
Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate from U.S. Government obligations under applicable international agreements.
Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility for implementing this proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary, in the Secretary’s sole discretion, may establish.
Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately. It shall remain in effect until such time as the Secretary of State determines that it is no longer necessary and should be terminated, either in whole or in part. Any such determination by the Secretary of State shall be published in the Federal Register.
Sec. 7. This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3419110,00.html
“UN’s Ban presses Syria over arms smuggling”
SNIPPET: “UN secretary-general urges Syria to respect arms embargo on Palestinian armed groups, Hizbullah in Lebanon, says Beirut seized large weapons sent by Syria to radical Palestinian group”
Reuters
Published: 06.29.07, 22:29
Going to throw this out and let folks chew on it if you wish....
The car bombs in London today....only 2 ????? Saw reports that they we’re to be detonated via cell phone. Phones were called twice and still no booms.
Misdirection????
Stay Alert folks.
I don’t know about misdirection, but all day I’ve been wondering if there were more. I mean, if the first one was intended to go off last night, while the nightclub was busy (on a Thursday?) then it would make some sense. But wouldn’t a weekend hit on a nightclub, or a morning or evening rushour hit on commuters make more sense? And furthermore, as close as we are to the anniversary of the London bombings, wouldn’t you perhaps try to time it to go along with that?
Neither car exploded and both were discovered/reported by chance. I would think it quite possible that there could be lots of other Mercedes out there packed with explosives and nails just waiting for the “right” time.
(BTW, I haven’t posted in quite a while but I used to be a frequent reader of TM and have lurked off and on when time allowed. Glad to see y’all have kept it going.)
BTTT
Thank to a Special Emailer for these links:
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1021962007
“Police hunt Iraqi on run after double bomb plot in London”
JAMES KIRKUP(jkirkup@scotsman.com)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “POLICE were last night hunting an Iraqi, suspected of plotting car-bomb attacks in Britain, who went on the run just days before two vehicles packed with petrol, gas and nails were found in central London.
The first device was discovered in a Mercedes parked outside one of the city’s biggest nightclubs, Tiger Tiger, at about 1am when hundreds were packed inside for a ladies’ night.
Police, alerted by ambulance workers who thought they saw fumes inside the car, defused the bomb.
Officers later found similar materials in a Mercedes that had been parked nearby. They said it contained gas, fuel and nails that could have been detonated and that the two cars were obviously linked.”
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“Al Qaeda ‘sergeant’ becomes seventh terror suspect on the loose after snubbing control order”
21.06.07
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A suspected Al Qaeda recruiting sergeant is on the loose in Britain after becoming the seventh control order suspect to abscond.
The Iraqi asylum seeker, a follower of dead Al Qaeda warlord Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, vanished from his home on Monday.
His disappearance leaves the policy of using control orders to monitor terror suspects in tatters. A minister admitted that the orders cannot prevent “determined” suspects escaping.
The missing man is alleged to have been part of a six-man recruitment team sent to Britain by Al Qaeda in Iraq to enlist volunteers to join attacks on British and U.S. troops serving there.”
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http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=9646
“UK: Brothers of jailed Islamist are on the run”
SNIPPET: “Lamine Adam, Cerie Bullivant and Ibrahim Adam were subjected to Britain’s controversial “control orders” but it has been announced that all three have now escaped.”
Saturday, May 26, 2007
By Adrian Morgan
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6750911.stm
Last Updated: Thursday, 14 June 2007, 12:05 GMT 13:05 UK
“Jihadi diary: Inside the mind”
By Dominic Casciani
BBC News home affairs
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Until Thursday morning, the identity of Zeeshan Siddiqui, a 26-year-old British jihadi who has escaped his control order, was a closely guarded secret. The BBC has won the right to release his name, and has been given access to his diaries.
Cold, alone and suffering from terrible diarrhoea, Zeeshan Anis Siddiqui’s dream of being a heroic warrior in the name of God, was faltering.
“The greatest tests are truly to be soon alleviated and the greatest rewards will be given to those who bore them with patience only for the sake of Allah,” he comforts himself.
No running water, dreadful food and terrible neighbours who live in “filth”. Just another day in the utterly miserable existence of a would-be British jihadi who had given up the creature comforts of London surburbia to rough it in one of the poorest parts of Pakistan.
The BBC has won a legal battle to release his identity and thereby tell the story of Zeeshan Siddiqui, one of six men who have absconded from UK anti-terrorism control orders. And his story can be told thanks to a diary he kept in Pakistan after paramilitary training with British bomb plotters. The BBC obtained the diary and other papers on the 26-year-old through its court action.
An extract from Siddiqui’s diary, which had been written on a computer
Two of the men who trained with Zeeshan are better known. Mohammad Sidique Khan was the ringleader of the 2005 7 July suicide bombers. The second was Omar Khyam, the now jailed head of a plot to detonate a massive fertiliser bomb in England.
Zeeshan’s whereabouts are today unknown after he skipped his control order by jumping out of a window of a mental hospital in Britain in September 2006. He had been sectioned after suffering what he says were flashbacks of torture at the hands of the Pakistani authorities.”
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007260544,00.html
“Terror control order shambles”
By ANDREW PORTER
Deputy Political Editor
June 08, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A SHOCKING loophole is allowing terror suspects to dodge having their fingerprints and DNA taken.
The astonishing admission from Home Secretary John Reid again exposes control orders as a DISASTROUS way of monitoring extremists.
In the past year, six suspected al-Qaeda terrorists on control orders have simply vanished.
Yet Mr Reid admitted that for the two years NOT ONE person under the measure has had key details such as their prints or DNA recorded — because there is nothing written into the law to ensure that.
The orders impose restrictions on the movements of suspects and order them to report to police.”
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Thanks to RDTF for the ping to this thread.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858655/posts
Police hunt Iraqi on run after double bomb plot in London
scotsman.com ^ | 06/29/07 | JAMES KIRKUP
Posted on 06/29/2007 7:44:42 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
POLICE were last night hunting an Iraqi, suspected of plotting car-bomb attacks in Britain, who went on the run just days before two vehicles packed with petrol, gas and nails were found in central London.
The first device was discovered in a Mercedes parked outside one of the city’s biggest nightclubs, Tiger Tiger, at about 1am when hundreds were packed inside for a ladies’ night.
Police, alerted by ambulance workers who thought they saw fumes inside the car, defused the bomb.
Officers later found similar materials in a Mercedes that had been parked nearby. They said it contained gas, fuel and nails that could have been detonated and that the two cars were obviously linked.
It was reported last night that the first car, a metallic green Mercedes, was stolen in early June and was spotted first in Scotland and then in Birmingham in the two days before the bomb was defused in London.
Police say they are looking for an Iraqi who went on the run from a control order only 11 days before yesterday’s failed bombing attempts. The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is part of a six-strong cell linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.scotsman.com ...
Thanks to SeaDog Bytes for the ping to this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858638/posts
“Hezbollah prepares for war on Israel”
Asianews.It ^ | 06/28/2007 13:54
Posted on 06/29/2007 7:03:58 PM PDT by Perdogg
Thanks to piasa for the ping to this post:
QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847779/posts?page=54#54
*Ping* in light of the recent London car bomb plot and its connections to Birmingham:
“Earlier this year [2007], we were told there was a detailed plan to capture a soldier in Birmingham and torture him.
54 posted on 06/29/2007 9:48:37 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
Thanks to piasa for the ping to this post:
QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858463/posts?page=138#138
APRIL 2001 : (NY : DHIRIN BAROT aka ABU EISA AL-HINDI aka ABU MUSA AL HINDI aka ISSA AL BRITANI, NADEEM TARMOHAMMED, AND QAISAR SHAFFI CONDUCT VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN MANHATTAN) Described as senior al-Qaida figure U.S. officials claim that Barot is a senior al-Qaida figure, known variously as Abu Eisa al-Hindi, Abu Musa al-Hindi and Issa al-Britani, who scouted the financial targets in the United States at the behest of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Prosecutors say the men conducted surveillance on the buildings between August 2000 and April 2001, including video surveillance in Manhattan around April 2001. (Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...-———— “3 charged with plotting U.S. terror attacks,”
AP/MSNBC, April 12, 2005
138 posted on 06/29/2007 8:58:43 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
Throughout the country, local law enforcement agencies received two FBI bulletins, according to an official who has seen the reports and summarized them for The Associated Press. The first said that while July 4 festivities might make an attractive target for terrorists, authorities had no credible evidence that an attack was planned. The second explained what happened in London and advised local officials to be on the lookout for suspicious vehicles and activity.
Thank you BurbankKarl for that update.
And we remember the terror attack at LAX was 7/4/02
We most definitely do.
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/06/23/stolen-explosives-threaten-homeland-security/
Jim Kouri, CPP
“Stolen Explosives Threaten Homeland Security”
June 23, 2007 at 4:11 pm ·
COLUMN SNIPPET: “More than 5.5 billion pounds of explosives are used each year in the United States by private sector companies and government entities. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has the federal authority to regulate explosives and to license privately owned explosives storage facilities.
After a July 2004 theft of several hundred pounds of explosives from a state and local government storage facility, concerns arose about vulnerability to theft.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1843491/posts?page=1359#1359
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/29/chemicals.found/
“N.Y. chemicals intended for resale, police say”
POSTED: 5:09 p.m. EDT, June 29, 2007
NEW YORK (CNN) —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Police said Miguel Serrano, 57, had bought the chemicals in bulk from an Ohio-based dealer and was intending to resell the chemicals in smaller quantities on the Internet. It was the dealer who tipped off the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after Serrano had allegedly ordered 5,000 pounds of potassium nitrate, according to a police report.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “According to New York Police Sgt. Kevin Hayes, authorities found less than a thousand pounds of chemicals in the home, including potassium nitrate, sulfur, mercury, and peroxide. At the off-site storage facility, authorities found about 1,500 pounds of chemicals, mainly potassium nitrate.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “According to Brown, the man was buying the chemicals in bulk and reselling them on the Internet.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Small quantities of hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate, elemental mercury, iodine, sulfur, ammonium dichromate, and aluminum powder were also recovered during the raid, police said.”
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