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List of Thwarted Terror Attacks Since Sept. 11
Thursday, March 06, 2008
By Joseph Abrams
The following is a list of known terror plots thwarted by the U.S. government since Sept. 11, 2001.
• December 2001, Richard Reid: British citizen attempted to ignite shoe bomb on flight from Paris to Miami.
• May 2002, Jose Padilla: American citizen accused of seeking “dirty bomb,” convicted of conspiracy.
• September 2002, Lackawanna Six: American citizens of Yemeni origin convicted of supporting Al Qaeda. Five of six were from Lackawanna, N.Y.
• May 2003, Iyman Faris: American citizen charged with trying to topple the Brooklyn Bridge.
• June 2003, Virginia Jihad Network: Eleven men from Alexandria, Va., trained for jihad against American soldiers, convicted of violating the Neutrality Act, conspiracy.
• August 2004, Dhiren Barot: Indian-born leader of terror cell plotted bombings on financial centers (see additional images).
• August 2004, James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj: Sought to plant bomb at New York’s Penn Station during the Republican National Convention.
• August 2004, Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain: Plotted to assassinate a Pakistani diplomat on American soil.
• June 2005, Father and son Umer Hayat and Hamid Hayat: Son convicted of attending terrorist training camp in Pakistan; father convicted of customs violation.
• August 2005, Kevin James, Levar Haley Washington, Gregory Vernon Patterson and Hammad Riaz Samana: Los Angeles homegrown terrorists who plotted to attack National Guard, LAX, two synagogues and Israeli consulate.
• December 2005, Michael Reynolds: Plotted to blow up refinery in Wyoming, convicted of providing material support to terrorists.
• February 2006, Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi and Zand Wassim Mazloum: Accused of providing material support to terrorists, making bombs for use in Iraq.
• April 2006, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee: Cased and videotaped the Capitol and World Bank for a terrorist organization.
• June 2006, Narseal Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor, Naudimar Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin, and Rotschild Augstine: Accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower.
• July 2006, Assem Hammoud: Accused of plotting to hit New York City train tunnels.
• August 2006, Liquid Explosives Plot: Thwarted plot to explode ten airliners over the United States.
• May 2007, Fort Dix Plot: Six men accused of plotting to attack Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey.
• June 2007, JFK Plot: Four men accused of plotting to blow up fuel arteries underneath JFK Airport in New York.
• March 2007, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Mastermind of Sept. 11 and author of numerous plots confessed in court in March 2007 to planning to destroy skyscrapers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335908,00.html
Commander Claims Al Qaeda Working Harder to Attack U.S.
Friday, March 07, 2008
Washington — Al Qaeda terrorists may be plotting more urgently to attack the United States to maintain their credibility and ability to recruit followers, the U.S. military commander in charge of domestic defense said Thursday.
Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, chief of the U.S. Northern Command, also told reporters he has not seen any direct threats tied to the U.S. presidential elections. But he said it would be rash to think that such threats are not there.
“We need only to look at Spain and see that they’re certainly willing to try to do something that is significant that could affect an election process,” Renuart said. “I think it would be imprudent of us to let down our guard believing that if there’s no credible threat that you know of today, there won’t be something tomorrow.”
While he said that U.S. authorities have thwarted attacks on a number of occasions, he said terrorist cells may be working harder than ever to plot high-impact events. He did not point to any specific intelligence that authorities have received but said the “chatter” they are hearing “gives me no reason to believe they’re going to slow down” in their efforts to target the U.S.
“If an organization like that is to maintain credibility and continue to grow more of its extremists, it has to show tangible results,” Renuart said. “So I think there may be a certain sense of urgency among that organization to have an effect. So it would tell me that they’re trying harder.”
Of the more than a dozen daily events that Northern Command responds to — ranging from natural disasters to threats — two or three may have the potential to be terrorist incidents, he said.
The chatter, which included public audio and video tapes released on the Internet by Al Qaeda leaders, suggests that they are looking for a way to have a big impact again, he said. Pressed for details, he said the chatter was more common but “whether that’s louder or more ominous, I’m not sure I’m ready to draw that conclusion.”
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,336008,00.html
Report: Anti-War Judge Rejects Foster Teen’s Bid to Join Marines
Friday, March 07, 2008
A California judge rejected a foster teen’s request for early enlistment with the Marine Corps — and a $10,000 signing bonus — reportedly on the grounds that the judge didn’t approve of the Iraq war.
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Marilyn Mackel denied 17-year-old Shawn Sage’s request to join the military last October, according to a report in the Los Angeles Daily News.
“The judge said she didn’t support the Iraq war for any reason we’re over there,” Marine recruiter Sgt. Guillermo Medrano of the Simi Valley U.S. Marine Corps recruiting office told the paper.
“She just said all recruiters were the same — that they ‘all tap dance and tell me what I want to hear.’ She said she didn’t want him to fight in it.”
Sage, a Simi Valley, Calif., resident, begged the anti-war judge for permission to join, according to the Daily News.
“Foster children shouldn’t be denied [an] ability to enlist in the service just because they’re foster kids,” Sage told the paper. “Foster kids shouldn’t have to go to court to gain approval to serve one’s country.”
Sage plans to join the Marines when he turns 18 in June and his case has prompted a Republican lawmaker to introduce a bill that would allow foster teens to enlist in the military without the express permission of a judge.
Thanks for the update drymans wife.
I appreciate it.
JIHAD WATCH.org (NBC NEWS): "JIHADISTS COULD HIT TRAINS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "However, the authors of the intelligence analysis make clear that there are no known, immediate dangers. "At this time, there is no credible intelligence regarding specific plans by any extremist groups or individuals to perpetrate an act of terrorism against the U.S. mass transit system," they write.") (March 5, 2008) (Read More...)
ABC NEWS - THE BLOTTER: "MARCH MADNESS: HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES WARNING ON SPROTS ARENAS FBI and DHS Issue Warning Just in Time for March Madness" by Richard Esposito (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The assessment repeatedly noted that the FBI and DHS have no "information on any credible or specific current terrorism plots to attack stadiums or arenas in the United States."") (March 4, 2008) (Read More...)
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“Rally Against CAIR 2008 - CAIR Comes Clean on Hamas”
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CAIR-Florida’s Jawhar “Joe” Badran tells about his support for Hamas, at our March 1, 2008 rally against CAIR, a government named co-conspirator in the financing of Hamas. The rally criticized Broward County officials for allowing CAIR-Florida the usage of a government owned facility for its annual fundraiser. (less)
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“New Center to Boost NORTHCOM, NORAD Capabilitie”
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2008
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49214
Commercial Image-Gathering Banned on Military Installations
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2008 – A new Defense Department policy prohibits all commercial photography or other image collection on U.S. military bases and installations.
U.S. Northern Command issued the policy message Feb. 28 after detailed images of Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, appeared on the Google Map Web site, said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Gary Ross, a NORTHCOM spokesman.
Google Corp. representatives had entered the post with permission and taken the images with roof-mounted recording equipment, according to the policy message.
Google Earth’s Street View Web site revealed 360-degree detailed imagery of the post, including headquarters locations, access and control points, barriers, facilities and communal areas, Ross said. “This poses a serious operational risk to our force-protection effort,” Ross said.
Google reportedly has removed the images from the Web site, he said.
Concerned that such imagery could be used to inflict harm on U.S. personnel or facilities, NORTHCOM put out guidance for all military installations banning all commercial image-collecting as soon as it became aware of the Fort Sam Houston incident, Ross said. That guidance is being forwarded throughout the Defense Department by the services and defense agencies.
In addition to banning any future commercial image collection, the guidance also requires anyone aware of a similar incident to report it immediately to installation officials.
The Fort Sam Houston incident isn’t isolated, Ross said. Similar filming incidents have occurred at two nonsecured former bases closed due to Base Realignment and Closure Commission efforts. One, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., was closed as part of the 1991 round of BRAC closures, but still houses the Defense Finance and Accounting Service Indianapolis, as well as U.S. Army Reserve and Indiana National Guard units. Another, the former Treasure Island Naval Base, in San Francisco, was turned over to local government control in 1996, but is still owned by the Navy.
Equally disturbing, Ross said, is filming known to have occurred at military housing areas outside the secured areas of Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., and the U.S. Naval Training Center San Diego. Ross said he doesn’t know whether that imagery ever was posted on the Internet.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49219
“Colombia Progresses Against Terrorism; Diplomacy Urged in South American Rift”
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2008
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49216
“Coalition, Iraqi Forces Neutralize Insurgents in Babil Province”
By Seaman William Selby, USN
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2008
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49218
Iraq Ops Leave 10 Terrorists Killed, 16 Captured
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2008 – Ten terrorists were killed and 16 captured in operations across Iraq today, military officials reported.
Northeast of Samarra, coalition forces targeted an alleged al Qaeda in Iraq leader for the Kanan village. In the raid, forces killed eight terrorists, including the wanted individual. Seven suspects were detained.
Also in Samarra, forces captured three suspected terrorists. One of the suspects allegedly is a leader for the al Qaeda in Iraq network in Samarra. Another is believed to be a direct associate of al Qaeda in Iraq senior leadership.
North of Tarmiyah, forces captured an alleged associate of the al Qaeda in Iraq network in Baghdad’s northern belt. The suspect reportedly is responsible for providing information on coalition operations in the area for use in planning attacks. Two others were detained.
In Baghdad, forces captured another alleged associate of the northern-belt network. The suspect is believed to have direct ties to the senior leader of the network and to terrorists involved in a car-bombing network in Karkh.
Coalition forces captured a suspected Iranian-supported “special groups” facilitator and killed an armed criminal in Baghdad this morning. The target reportedly arranged for criminal militia members to receive training in Iran.
In operations north of Tal Afar, forces killed one suspected terrorist and wounded another. The wounded suspect was detained.
In northeastern Mosul yesterday, coalition forces captured a suspect believed to be the replacement for the former Saudi al Qaeda in Iraq senior leader Abu Yasir al-Saudi, also known as Jar Allah, who was killed by coalition forces Feb. 27. Three other suspects also were caught. Also yesterday, coalition forces detained three suspects east of Tikrit while looking for an alleged weapons facilitator wanted for smuggling and kidnapping operations.
In other recent Iraq operations, coalition forces detained Hajji Muhammad Shibl, an alleged top-tier criminal special groups leader, March 5 in the West Rashid district in southwestern Baghdad. Hajji Shibl is wanted as a key financier for criminal special groups who murder Iraqi civilians and security forces, officials said.
Iraqi security forces and “Sons of Iraq,” a citizen’s security group, detained four suspected terrorists March 5 in Baghdad.
Also on March 5, Sons of Iraq led coalition forces to an al Qaeda in Iraq torture house and prison in northern Zambraniyah, and members of the Sons of Iraq turned two weapons caches over to soldiers in Arab Jabour in two separate incidents the same day. Forces recovered six 120 mm projectiles, 20 22 mm anti-aircraft rounds, and 300 heavy machine gun rounds.
Citizens in Arab Jabour unearthed a large weapons cache and turned it over to soldiers March 5. The cache, loaded in a truck, held 111 57 mm projectiles and 22 60 mm projectiles. Each was rigged with detonation cord and packed with homemade explosives.
Also in Arab Jabour, local residents and Sons of Iraq turned over four weapons caches to soldiers in separate operations March 4. The caches contained five 120 mm projectiles, four liters of homemade explosives, four pressure plates, three propane tanks, one 60 mm mortar and four 57 mm projectiles.
Iraqi police recovered another large cache in a house south of Iskandariyah on March 4. The cache held 165 1-pound blocks of C-4 explosive, 19 rocket-propelled grenades, five RPG launchers, a 60 mm mortar tube, 25 107 mm high-explosive rockets and 23 rocket fuses, 10 120 mm high-explosive mortar rounds, 84 60 mm and 60 81 mm high-explosive mortar rounds, along with six 60 mm mortar fuses.
Sons of Iraq working with coalition forces around Hawr Rajab and Zambraniyah discovered two caches March 4. In Hawr Rajab, five 5-gallon barrels of nitric acid were recovered. In Zambraniyah, three pressure plate improvised explosive devices, three 57 mm projectiles, and three pressure plate initiators were recovered.
Another cache was discovered March 4 in Hawr Rajab. The cache held five rocket-propelled grenade warheads, a mortar tube, four AK-47 magazines, a 60 mm mortar, two RPG launchers, two boxes of cell phones, 70 drums of 7.62 mm ammunition and various electronic components.
A weapons and munitions cache was uncovered near a suspected terrorist training camp south of Tal Afar on March 4. Forces recovered more than 700 pounds of homemade explosives, 11 120 mm high-explosive mortar rounds, two AK-47 assault rifles, 10 82 mm Chinese high-explosive mortar rounds, 100 pounds of mortar propellant charges, and two Belgian anti-personnel landmines.
Forces detained three insurgents and discovered two weapons caches in Adwaniyah on March 3. Forces recovered five grenades, a quarter pound of TNT, 5 pounds of plastic explosives, two RPG charge tubes, 28 mortar round charges, 33 bags of gunpowder, 5 pounds of unknown bulk explosives, five shotgun shells, two AK-47 assault rifles, two PKC machine guns, two blasting caps, four timers, and 5 ounces of acetone peroxide, a primary high explosive.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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“38 Years Ago Today [Re: Weather Underground]”
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“The Explosion”
Islamic terrorists are more likely to be engineers than members of any other profession--and not because engineers possess superior technological skills. That's the conclusion of a controversial Oxford University study that has the engineering community buzzing.
Al Qaeda's web attracting 21st century geeks
In an Internet age, al-Qaeda prizes geek jihadis as much as would-be suicide bombers and gunmen. The terror network is recruiting computer-savvy technicians to produce sophisticated web documentaries and multimedia products aimed at Muslim audiences in the United States, Britain and other Western countries. Already, the terror group's al-Sahab production company is turning out high quality material, some of which rivals productions by Western media companies. The documentaries appear regularly on Islamist websites, which al-Qaeda uses to recruit followers and rally its supporters.
Terror recruitment chiefs jailed
The two ringleaders of a British al Qaida-style terrorist recruitment and training cell have been jailed. Mohammed Hamid and Atilla Ahmet groomed impressionable young Muslim men to fight jihad against non-believers.
“Islamic terrorists are more likely to be engineers than members of any other profession...”
OPINION:
I agreee.
Coming in a close second are Computer and Tech Sciences.
The amount of risk Boise faces from such extreme events such as wildfires or the failure of an upstream dam makes it rank among the most vulnerable in the U.S. to terrorism attacks, a University of Arizona researcher says.
US cities face high risk of bioterrorism attack
As many as 132 major cities have been marked out on a colour-coded map that identifies their level of risk based on factors including critical industries, ports, railroads, population, natural environment and other factors.a
The map, created by environmental risk assessor Walter W. Piegorsch of the University of Arizona, shows a wide swathe of highest-risk urban areas running from New York down through the Southeast and into Texas.
The map marks high-risk areas as red (for example, Houston in Texas and, surprisingly, a small town called Boise in Idaho), midrange risk as yellow (San Francisco, California) and lower risk as green (Tucson in Arizona).
Yep, I agree, noting many are well educated, e.g. physicians.
Yes.
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