[Cindy]

UPDATES:

NY DAILY NEWS.com: "COPS ON FAST REACT AFTER TERROR SCARE Checkpoints, radiation sensors out after 'unverified' threat spooks city" (August 11, 2007, 4:00 am)

JPOST.com: "ISRAELI WEB SITE SPARKS HEIGHTENED TERROR ALERT IN NYC" (Updated August 11, 2007, 9:50)

DEBKA.com: "NEW YORK STEPS UP SECURITY AGAINST AL QAEDA ATTACK IN RESPONSE TO DEBKAFILE EXCLUSIVE REPORT, FOLLOWED BY ADDITIONAL INFO ON MANHATTAN DIRTY BOMB" (August 11, 2007, 10:45 am GMT +02:00)

[Cindy]

KILLING AND PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS - RECAP AND UPDATE:

WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Ghazni, Afghanistan - "S. KOREAN OFFICIALS MEET TALIBAN OVER HOSTAGES" (August 11, 2007)

HOT AIR.com - blog: "VIDEO: 'To my dearest wife in Afghanistan'" (Posted August 7, 2007, 6:01 pm)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "KILLING KOREAN CHRISTIANS" by Mark Tooley (August 7, 2007)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "KOREAN HOSTAGES: 'LET'S NOT BE SILENT ANYMORE,' SAYS AMERICAN MUSLIM LEADER" by Dan Wooding (August 4, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP via IOL): Kandahar - "SOUTH KOREAN HOSTAGE PLEADS FOR HELP" (August 5, 2007)

ABC NEWS (AP): Ghazni, Afghanistan - "S. KOREAN ENVOY TO MEET TALIBAN KIDNAPPERS" BY AMIR SHAH (August 2, 2007)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Ghazni, Afghanistan - "TALIBAN THREATEN TO KILL MORE KOREAN HOSTAGES" (August 1, 2007)

ADNKRONOS.com (AKI): Karachi - "AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN NO.2 BEHIND ABDUCTIONS" (August 1, 2007)

BILL ROGGIO.com - THE FOURTH RAIL - blog: "AFGHANISTAN"

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "AFGHAN POLICE FIND BODY OF SECOND SOUTH KOREA HOSTAGE" (July 31, 2007)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Kabul, Afghanistan - "SECOND MALE KOREAN CHRISTIAN HOSTAGE KILLED BY TALEBAN IN AFGHANISTAN" by Michael Ireland (July 30, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com (FROM COMBINED DISPATCHES): Ghazni, Afghanistan - "END ORDEAL BEGS CAPTIVE OF TALIBAN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The woman, one of 18 female hostages among the South Korean Christian volunteers kidnapped in Afghanistan more than a week ago, spoke to Reuters news agency on the mobile phone of a Taliban fighter.") (July 29, 2007)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1669: "ISLAMIST WEBSITES MONITOR NO. 125" (July 27, 2007)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - "TALIBAN KILL 1 SOUTH KOREAN HOSTAGE, RELEASE 8 OTHERS" (July 25, 2007)

FreeRepublic.com (KYODO NEWS - July 23, 2007): "TALIBAN MILITANTS SEEK $100,000 FOR CALL TO S. KOREAN HOSTAGES" (July 24, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Kabul, Afghanistan - "TALIBAN MIGHT EXECUTE CAPTIVES" (July 21, 2007)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Kabul, Afghanistan - "OFFICIALS SAY TALIBAN KIDNAP 23 KOREAN BEIEVERS FROM AFGHAN BUS" by Michael Ireland (July 20, 2007)

TRAVEL.STATE.GOV - Travel Warning: "AFGHANISTAN"