U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE - Office of the Spokesman - PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: "WORLDWIDE CAUTION" (ANNOUNCEMENT SNIPPET: "The U.S. Government remains deeply concerned about the security of U.S. citizens overseas. U.S. citizens are cautioned to maintain a high level of vigilance, to remain alert and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness. We are seeing indications that Al-Qaida continues to prepare to strike U.S. interests abroad. Al-Qaida and its associated organizations have most recently struck in the Middle East and in Europe but other geographic locations could also be venues for attacks. Future Al-Qaida attacks could possibly involve non-conventional weapons such as chemical or biological agents as well as conventional weapons of terror. We also cannot rule out that Al-Qaida will attempt a catastrophic attack within the U.S. Terrorist actions may include, but are not limited to, suicide operations, hijackings, bombings or kidnappings. These may involve aviation and other transportation and maritime interests, and may also include conventional weapons, such as explosive devices. Terrorists do not distinguish between official and civilian targets. These may include facilities where U.S. citizens and other foreigners congregate or visit, including residential areas, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, schools, hotels and public areas. U.S. citizens are encouraged to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.") (March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
NBC6.net - News: "ALLEGED CORRUPTION AT PORT OF MIAMI COULD THREATEN SECURITY Authorities Investigating Alleged Laxness, Selling of ID Cards" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "According to law enforcement sources, about 130 IDs were allegedly handed out without the necessary fingerprint checks, and perhaps a dozen or more IDs were given to people with active felony warrants. "If access to the port was sold through a matter of corruption, it is egregious, it is heinous, it's disgusting," McDonough told NBC 6. McDonough said he is concerned the ID cards may have been sold for profit, threatening security at the port.") (Updated March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
LOCAL10.com: "LOADED FUEL TRUCK STOLEN Tanker Carrying More Than 2,000 Gallons of Fuel" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Friday afternoon, and Immigration Enforcement officer noticed a truck matching the description parked on the shoulder of Interstate 75. He notified the Davie police, who have determined that it is the stolen truck, and are continuing to investigate the theft.") (Updated March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
WTOP.com (AP): Fiedale, VA - "CAR BOMB EXPLODES NEAR VIRGINIA POWER BUILDING" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A bomb exploded Thursday inside a car parked near a former American Electric Power Co. building, authorities said. The Henry County fire marshal found that one bomb had been detonated in a car and a second one that appeared to be live was on the vehicle's roof, the sheriff's office said in a statement. The bomb exploded shortly before 5 p.m. No injuries were reported. Two men were seen fleeing the scene in a green truck, the sheriff's office said. A spokesman for the sheriff's office said authorities had no suspects in the case and knew of no motive for the bombing.") (March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
THE IOWA CHANNEL.com: Marshalltown, Iowa - "EXPLOSIVES FOUND AT ABANDONED HOME" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Authorities were unable to locate the man, but a search of the house found two containers of explosive material. Thursday morning, fire and police officials searched the home again and found numerous jars of an unknown white powder, blasting caps, fuse material, two cans of black powder, a detonation cord, shotgun shells, and firecrackers. No actual bombs were discovered. It is a felony to possess blasting caps.") (March 18, 2004) (Read More...)
MIAMI.com - THE MIAMI HERALD: "EXPLOSION FORCES EVACUATION OF DORAL INDUSTRIAL AREA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A series of 24 blasts followed the initial explosion at the industrial complex.") (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
KUSA.com: "HIKERS FIND BAG OF EXPLOSIVES STOLEN LAST JULY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "EL PASO COUNTY - A bag of explosives stolen from a concrete company in Colorado Springs has turned up near Cheyenne Canyon. Hikers found the 50-pound bag of ammonium nitrate near Seven Falls on Saturday. The bag was one of eight 50-pound bags that disappeared in July of last year from a locked trailer at Castle Concrete. Bomb-sniffing dogs returned to the Seven Falls area on Monday but found no sign of the other seven bags.") (Updated March 16, 2004) (Read More...)
USA TODAY.com (AP): "INMATE MAKES CLAIMS ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING ORGANIZERS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Hammer said McVeigh told him the bomb, made of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, was made at an Oklahoma City warehouse, not in Nichols' home state of Kansas as authorities have claimed.") (March 14, 2004) (Read More...)
SUNTIMES.com - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: "FOUR POUNDS OF PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE, BLASTING CAPS FOUND IN LAKE COUNTY" by Annie Sweeney (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The other paraphernalia found included: a military M-18 smoke grenade; eight illumination ground white star cluster flares; two M-117 simulator booby trap illuminating flares; one green lithium battery, and one M-16 military gun cleaning kit.") (March 13, 2004) (Read More...)
KTSM.com: "EXPLOSION AT POWER PLANT An Explosion in East El Paso left a lot of people in the Sun City without power this afternoon." (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
ABClocal.com - WPVI: "VIDEOTAPING OUTSIDE NEARBY REFINERY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "But after several hours of detention and questioning by the F-B-I two of the men were released a third held on immigration violations.") (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
BORDERLAND NEWS.com - EL PASO TIMES.com: "WOMAN GETS JAIL TIME FOR DISRUPTING FLIGHT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Christine Collins, 35, was also ordered to pay more than $14,000 in restitution to Southwest Airlines, federal officials said. Collins pleaded guilty in federal court in January to causing a flight crew disturbance when she tried to enter the cockpit. She faced up to 20 years in federal prison.") (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
BORDERLAND NEWS.com - EL PASO TIMES.com: "VANDALS BREAK CAR WINDOWS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In a separate case on the West Side, two men, 19-year-old Timothy Blaine Lucke and 20-year-old Nicholus James Parish, were arrested Monday by fire marshals and U.S. Postal inspectors for a series of mailbox explosions Feb. 29. The men used plastic bottles and household ingredients to make the bombs, a fire marshal said. They face federal charges of destruction of letterboxes, which has a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison.") (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
FOX11AZ.com: Tucson, Arizona - "HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIAL DEAD IN TUCSON Head of Phoenix Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office Dies En Route to DM Event" (March 16, 2004) (Read More...)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): GRAD STUDENT CHARGED IN SUV ARSON" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: " According to an FBI affidavit, Cottrell contacted the Los Angeles Times by e-mail using an alias and told the paper he was involved in the firebombings. The California Institute of Technology (search) student signed the e-mails ELF, short for Earth Liberation Front (search), according to the affidavit. Authorities searched Caltech classrooms and tracked the e-mails to Cottrell.") (MarCH 17, 2004) (Read More...)
CANADA.com - NATIONAL POST with reporting by Hudson Mack (CP-AP): "POLICE ARREST ONE OF FBI's MOST WANTED" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Michael Scarpitti was arrested Saturday for allegedly trying to shoplift some bolt-cutters, said Robert Jordan, the FBI's special agent in charge in Portland, Oregon. Scarpitti has been on the FBI's most-wanted list since disappearing two years ago and has been connected to the Earth Liberation Front, a shadowy group that has claimed responsibility for dozens of crimes over the last several years. The FBI lists the ELF as its No. 1 domestic terrorism priority.") (March 15, 2004) (Read More...)
WorldNetDaily.com: "BRITISH JIHADIST DEPICTS U.S. CAPITOL IN FLAMES Sheikh Who Operates Openly Around World Supports Al-Qaida" (March 15, 2004) (Read More...)
IDF.il - ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES - IDF Spokesperson's Unit: "THE SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR THE HAMAS TERRORIST GROUP" (NOTE THIS SECTION: "The International Struggle against the Financing of Terror - the US") (March 11, 2004) (Read More...)
FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE.com: "TERROR'S SOUTH AMERICAN FRONT" by Erick Stakelbeck (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "There have also been reports that Imad Mugniyah, head of Hizbollah’s security apparatus, has guided some of the group’s activities in the area from his base in the Middle East. Muginyah is the suspected mastermind behind several infamous terrorist attacks, including the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut and the 1992 car bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina.") (March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
ALERTNET.org - REUTERS: "IRATE MUSLIMS BURN FOUR CHURCHES IN NORTH NIGERIA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "More than 5,000 people have been killed in religious violence in northern Nigeria in the past four years since the introduction of strict Islamic sharia penal code in 12 states.") (March 18, 2004) (Read More...)
ALERT NET.org - REUTERS: "ISLAMIC MILITANT CELLS IN ITALY-REPORT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: " ROME, March 17 (Reuters) - Cells of Muslim militants willing to carry out suicide bombings exist in several areas of Italy, a leading newspaper reported on Wednesday, quoting a secret report by anti-terrorist investigators. Excerpts of a recent secret report by the ROS, the crack special section of the Carabinieri para-military police, were published by Rome newspaper La Repubblica on Wednesday. The 1,000-page document warned that at least 80 militants were clustered in cells dotted throughout Italy.") (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): "FOUR U.S. MISSIONARIES KILLED IN IRAQ" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Four American relief workers were killed and one was wounded in a drive-by shooting Monday in the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said. Hospital officials said at least two of the dead were women.") (March 16, 2004) (Read More...)
INTERNET HAGANAH: "A MESSAGE TO THE SPANISH PEOPLE: THE NEGLECTED THREAT QA'IDAT AL-JIHAD" by Reuven Paz, PRISM Series of Special Dispatches on Global Jihad, No.2/2 (March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
TUCSON CITIZEN.com: "SMUGGLER CONVOY CALLED A FIRST HERE 6 Trucks with 165 People Stopped; 6 Vehicles Escape" by Gabriela Rico (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In an unprecedented move along the U.S.-Mexico border, a convoy of 12 pickup trucks packed with suspected illegal immigrants barreled through the Tohono O'odham Nation and tried to run down approaching Border Patrol agents.") (March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
TUCSON CITIZEN.com: "'FedEx' DOESN'T FOOL AGENT" by Gabriela Rico (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Adame said that in the past 14 months, drug or immigrant smugglers have used the following counterfeit vehicles: a yellow school bus, two Border Patrol vehicles, a Phoenix news station truck, another FedEx van and a Douglas city utility vehicle.") (March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE - Office of the Spokesman - PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: "WORLDWIDE CAUTION" (ANNOUNCEMENT SNIPPET: "The U.S. Government remains deeply concerned about the security of U.S. citizens overseas. U.S. citizens are cautioned to maintain a high level of vigilance, to remain alert and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness. We are seeing indications that Al-Qaida continues to prepare to strike U.S. interests abroad. Al-Qaida and its associated organizations have most recently struck in the Middle East and in Europe but other geographic locations could also be venues for attacks. Future Al-Qaida attacks could possibly involve non-conventional weapons such as chemical or biological agents as well as conventional weapons of terror. We also cannot rule out that Al-Qaida will attempt a catastrophic attack within the U.S. Terrorist actions may include, but are not limited to, suicide operations, hijackings, bombings or kidnappings. These may involve aviation and other transportation and maritime interests, and may also include conventional weapons, such as explosive devices. Terrorists do not distinguish between official and civilian targets. These may include facilities where U.S. citizens and other foreigners congregate or visit, including residential areas, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, schools, hotels and public areas. U.S. citizens are encouraged to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.") (March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
NBC6.net - News: "ALLEGED CORRUPTION AT PORT OF MIAMI COULD THREATEN SECURITY Authorities Investigating Alleged Laxness, Selling of ID Cards" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "According to law enforcement sources, about 130 IDs were allegedly handed out without the necessary fingerprint checks, and perhaps a dozen or more IDs were given to people with active felony warrants. "If access to the port was sold through a matter of corruption, it is egregious, it is heinous, it's disgusting," McDonough told NBC 6. McDonough said he is concerned the ID cards may have been sold for profit, threatening security at the port.") (Updated March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
LOCAL10.com: "LOADED FUEL TRUCK STOLEN Tanker Carrying More Than 2,000 Gallons of Fuel" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Friday afternoon, and Immigration Enforcement officer noticed a truck matching the description parked on the shoulder of Interstate 75. He notified the Davie police, who have determined that it is the stolen truck, and are continuing to investigate the theft.") (Updated March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
WTOP.com (AP): Fiedale, VA - "CAR BOMB EXPLODES NEAR VIRGINIA POWER BUILDING" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A bomb exploded Thursday inside a car parked near a former American Electric Power Co. building, authorities said. The Henry County fire marshal found that one bomb had been detonated in a car and a second one that appeared to be live was on the vehicle's roof, the sheriff's office said in a statement. The bomb exploded shortly before 5 p.m. No injuries were reported. Two men were seen fleeing the scene in a green truck, the sheriff's office said. A spokesman for the sheriff's office said authorities had no suspects in the case and knew of no motive for the bombing.") (March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
THE IOWA CHANNEL.com: Marshalltown, Iowa - "EXPLOSIVES FOUND AT ABANDONED HOME" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Authorities were unable to locate the man, but a search of the house found two containers of explosive material. Thursday morning, fire and police officials searched the home again and found numerous jars of an unknown white powder, blasting caps, fuse material, two cans of black powder, a detonation cord, shotgun shells, and firecrackers. No actual bombs were discovered. It is a felony to possess blasting caps.") (March 18, 2004) (Read More...)
MIAMI.com - THE MIAMI HERALD: "EXPLOSION FORCES EVACUATION OF DORAL INDUSTRIAL AREA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A series of 24 blasts followed the initial explosion at the industrial complex.") (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
KUSA.com: "HIKERS FIND BAG OF EXPLOSIVES STOLEN LAST JULY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "EL PASO COUNTY - A bag of explosives stolen from a concrete company in Colorado Springs has turned up near Cheyenne Canyon. Hikers found the 50-pound bag of ammonium nitrate near Seven Falls on Saturday. The bag was one of eight 50-pound bags that disappeared in July of last year from a locked trailer at Castle Concrete. Bomb-sniffing dogs returned to the Seven Falls area on Monday but found no sign of the other seven bags.") (Updated March 16, 2004) (Read More...)
USA TODAY.com (AP): "INMATE MAKES CLAIMS ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING ORGANIZERS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Hammer said McVeigh told him the bomb, made of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, was made at an Oklahoma City warehouse, not in Nichols' home state of Kansas as authorities have claimed.") (March 14, 2004) (Read More...)
SUNTIMES.com - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: "FOUR POUNDS OF PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE, BLASTING CAPS FOUND IN LAKE COUNTY" by Annie Sweeney (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The other paraphernalia found included: a military M-18 smoke grenade; eight illumination ground white star cluster flares; two M-117 simulator booby trap illuminating flares; one green lithium battery, and one M-16 military gun cleaning kit.") (March 13, 2004) (Read More...)
KTSM.com: "EXPLOSION AT POWER PLANT An Explosion in East El Paso left a lot of people in the Sun City without power this afternoon." (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
ABClocal.com - WPVI: "VIDEOTAPING OUTSIDE NEARBY REFINERY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "But after several hours of detention and questioning by the F-B-I two of the men were released a third held on immigration violations.") (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
BORDERLAND NEWS.com - EL PASO TIMES.com: "WOMAN GETS JAIL TIME FOR DISRUPTING FLIGHT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Christine Collins, 35, was also ordered to pay more than $14,000 in restitution to Southwest Airlines, federal officials said. Collins pleaded guilty in federal court in January to causing a flight crew disturbance when she tried to enter the cockpit. She faced up to 20 years in federal prison.") (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
IDF.il - ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES - IDF Spokesperson's Unit: "THE SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR THE HAMAS TERRORIST GROUP" (NOTE THIS SECTION: "The International Struggle against the Financing of Terror - the US") (March 11, 2004) (Read More...)
CHRISTIANITY TODAY.com: "FAITHFUL UNDER FIRE Amid the threat of hostile attacks, Christian chaplains provide spiritual support to soldiers on Iraq's frontlines. by Sara Horn (March/April 2004) (Read More...)
FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE.com: "TERROR'S SOUTH AMERICAN FRONT" by Erick Stakelbeck (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "There have also been reports that Imad Mugniyah, head of Hizbollah’s security apparatus, has guided some of the group’s activities in the area from his base in the Middle East. Muginyah is the suspected mastermind behind several infamous terrorist attacks, including the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut and the 1992 car bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina.") (March 19, 2004) (Read More...)
ALERTNET.org - REUTERS: "IRATE MUSLIMS BURN FOUR CHURCHES IN NORTH NIGERIA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "More than 5,000 people have been killed in religious violence in northern Nigeria in the past four years since the introduction of strict Islamic sharia penal code in 12 states.") (March 18, 2004) (Read More...)
ALERT NET.org - REUTERS: "ISLAMIC MILITANT CELLS IN ITALY-REPORT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: " ROME, March 17 (Reuters) - Cells of Muslim militants willing to carry out suicide bombings exist in several areas of Italy, a leading newspaper reported on Wednesday, quoting a secret report by anti-terrorist investigators. Excerpts of a recent secret report by the ROS, the crack special section of the Carabinieri para-military police, were published by Rome newspaper La Repubblica on Wednesday. The 1,000-page document warned that at least 80 militants were clustered in cells dotted throughout Italy.") (March 17, 2004) (Read More...)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): "FOUR U.S. MISSIONARIES KILLED IN IRAQ" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Four American relief workers were killed and one was wounded in a drive-by shooting Monday in the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said. Hospital officials said at least two of the dead were women.") (March 16, 2004) (Read More...)