FOX NEWS.com (AP): "FEDS INVESTIGATING THEFT OF LARGE AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVE CHEMICAL" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "DENVER -- Federal agents said Friday they are investigating the theft of 1,100 pounds of an explosive chemical from construction companies in Colorado and California in the past week. Both thefts involve ammonium nitrate, a key ingredient in the bomb that destroyed the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995.") (July 18, 2003) (Read More...)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): "FLIGHT ATTENDANT ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF SETTING FIRE IN PLANE" (ARTICLE SNIPPETS: "A federal grand jury indicted Turhan Jamar Lamons on a charge of attempting to set fire to and wreck ComAir Airlines Flight 5491 from Atlanta to Huntsville, Ala." ..."The 23-year-old attendant also is charged with making a bomb threat against an AirTran Airways flight one week after Sept. 11, 2001. The threat resulted in the plane being evacuated and searched.") (July 18, 2003) (Read More...)
stepping back in time...THECITIZENNEWS.com - THE FAYETTE CITIZEN: "POLICE BLOTTER" (ARTICLE SNIPPETS: "The following arrests were reported by the Fayetteville Police Department for the past week:"..."Turhan Jamar Lamons, 21, for forgery in the first degree.") (October 7, 2001) (Read More...)
WTOP.com: "MORE HELP NEEDED TO FIND ARSONIST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""We can't overstress the public's involvement in these cases," Prince George's County Fire Chief Ron Blackwell said on WTOP's The Politics Program with Mark Plotkin. "In these kinds of cases, we need a tremendous amount of information." "We need the public's help," said D.C. Fire Chief Adrian Thompson. As calls and e-mails from the public are coming in to investigators, Thompson says people need to let investigators know if they saw anything unusual in their neighborhoods around the time of the fires. A reward fund for information that leads to an arrest and conviction now stands at $20,000." ... "If you have information, the tip line is (301) 77-ARSON. E-mails can be sent to 77Arson@co.pg.md.us. Of those 24 fires, 14 are in D.C. and 10 are in Prince George's County. Six of the fires are considered "similar in nature" and have been conclusively linked to one another. Those six fires occurred in the early morning or overnight hours, involved an occupied dwelling and were purposely set using an ignitable liquid. Local investigators are reviewing previous arsons to see whether there are any connections. They also have a list of people who have a criminal history of setting fires.") (Updated July 18, 2003) (Read More...)
SEATTLE TIMES.com (AP): "ATTORNEY CALLS BOMB-THREAT EXCESSIVE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "SEATTLE --The attorney representing a college student indicted on charges of threatening to bomb Coast Guard and Army National Guard stations in Bellingham said yesterday the charges against his client are excessive.") (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Paul Douglas Revak, age 20.) (July 18, 2003) (Read More...)FOX NEWS.com (AP): Spokane, Washington. "JURY CONVICTS WASHINGTON MAN OF MAKING RICIN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: The suspect is identified as Kenneth Olsen, age 49.) (July 17, 2003) (Read More...)FREECONGRESS.org - THE FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION - Notable News Now: "THE CALL FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM" - Commentary by Paul Weyrich (COMMENTARY SNIPPET: "Recently, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) had the dubious honor of having a second member of its national staff arrested on charges related to terrorism. Randal Todd "Ismael " Royer was picked up in June by federal agents. He is alleged to have trained with a Kashmiri terrorist group called Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has links to al Qaeda. Earlier this year, Bassem Khafagi, who had been community affairs director for CAIR's office in Washington, D.C., had also been arrested. The news media has turned a blind eye to the alleged wrongdoers at CAIR, refusing to take an in-depth look at this group, who funds it and why. Experts on Islam know this group has strong links to the Saudi government, and that Saudi Arabia's government itself is under the strong influence of the Wahhabi sect of Islam.") (July 16, 2003) (Read More...)INSIGHT On The News online: "FBI POLARIZED BY 'WAHHABI LOBBY'" by J. Michael Waller (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, a favorite self-proclaimed victim has been an aggressive band of Washington-based groups that purport to represent the nation's Muslims and hyphenated Arabs. That constituency is known as the "Wahhabi lobby" for many of its members' alleged ties to Saudi Arabia, whose state religion is considered by many to be an extremist and violent Wahhabi sect of Islam [see "'Wahhabi Lobby' Takes the Offensive," Aug. 5, 2002].") (July 11, 2003) (Read More...)
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: "ATTACK ON AMERICA!" (Read More...)
FOX NEWS.com: "STUDY: CANADA A POTENTIAL TERRORIST HAVEN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A senior administration official told Fox News the United States sees potential repercussions of Canada's leniency for security within U.S. borders. The United States needs Canada's cooperation to prevent future terrorist attacks. And once terrorists make it across Canada's more lenient borders, it's all too easy for them to gain access to the United States, experts say.") (July 16, 2003) (Read More...)FOX NEWS.com: "TERRORISTS MAY BE EYING NORTH AMERICANS" (July 15, 2003) (Read More...)
YAHOO! News (NEW YORK TIMES): "A MUSLIM MISSIONARY GROUP DRAWS NEW SCRUTINY IN U.S." (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "But since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Tablighi Jamaat, once little known outside Muslim countries, has increasingly attracted the interest of federal investigators, cropping up on the margins of at least four high-profile terrorism cases. It has been cited either as part of a cover story like Mr. Faris's, or as a springboard into militancy, as in the case of John Walker Lindh, the American serving time for aiding the Taliban.") (July 14, 2003) (Read More...)
I can't seem to get this story out of my mind, even though it came from Pravda.