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Posted on 10/01/2005 8:27:27 AM PDT by nwctwx
Hmmm...and Columbus Day is this coming Monday. Once again the location makes you wonder.
October 6, 2005 Anti-Terrorism News
Bin Laden to surface after new attack on US soil: ex-CIA expert
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/October/theworld_October162.xml§ion=theworld
Fresh bombs shake Iraqi capital
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4314654.stm
A car bomb has exploded near the oil ministry in central Baghdad
killing at least nine Iraqis
Caller says he recognized Bali bomber
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20051006-054936-6246r.htm
Bali: Police chase school tip
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/bali.suspect.ap/index.html
Indonesian police say they are pursuing a tip from a caller who claimed
that one of the Bali bombers studied in an area famous for its hardline
Islamic schools.
(Islamist) 'Militants' kill 5 Thai soldiers
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/thailand.south.ap/index.html
Senate OKs Terror Suspect Treatment Limits
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171394,00.html
Pakistan to consider Afghan request for Taleban spokesman
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/October/subcontinent_October199.xml§ion=subcontinent
Column: U.S. companies and Islamic law (Rachel Ehrenfeld)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20051005-092022-7457r.htm
Taliban Spokesman: Mullah Omar Hiding in Afghanistan
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171301,00.html
Man beheaded on eve of Ramadan in south Thailand
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-10-05T125703Z_01_DIT545604_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-THAILAND.xml&archi
Police: Iraqi mosque blast kills at least 10
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.html
(Oklahoma) Bomber's Roommate Held Briefly After Attack
http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/5060237/detail.html
FBI Statement on Joel Hinrichs Suicide at Univ. of Oklahoma
Acrobat file: "At this time, there is no known link between Hinrichs
and any terrorist or extremist organization(s) or activities"
http://www.newsok.com/cc/o4_fbi_statement.pdf
'Spanish Taliban' gets six-year jail term
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051005/wl_afp/spainafghanistanjusticeqaedaguantanamo_051005135354;_ylt=Au0dxcI7BgQu4lATFG48gZuQOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Eleven embassies in Malaysia threatened over Muslims
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051005/wl_afp/malaysiasecuritymuslim;_ylt=Akdx6lZU7xKJqTHmi0aUb5SQOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Senate Will Probe Saudi Distribution Of Hate Materials
http://www.nysun.com/article/20998
(UK) Five held in 'laundering' probe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4311278.stm
Two dead in terrorist attacks in Algeria
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/October/middleeast_October129.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
Suicide bomber kills Afghan boy, wounds Canadians
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-10-05T130406Z_01_MAR526086_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-AFGHAN-BLAST-COL.XML
(Turkey) AP: Infiltrating al-Qaida Cells Difficult
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5322398,00.html
Yep, this incident is interesting.
UPDATES appreciated.
So if they are saying in "imitation" of London/Madrid...well this is the first time I have heard about baby carriages...I always heard that backpacks were used in those attacks. This also makes me wonder if women AQ will be involved...it also brings to mind something that was on TM a long time ago regarding "pregnant" women.
UPDATE - OKLAHOMA - Interesting Links ON THE NET...
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Today's Editorial: "TERROR IN THE HEARTLAND?"
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20051006-091706-6861r.htm
http://newsok.com/video/1634836/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=oubombing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495058/posts?page=4526#4526
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=17792_Islamic_Terrorism_in_Oklahoma
http://www.zombietime.com/oklahoma_suicide_bombing/
You're so right!
TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 10/06/2005 # 1
National:
[ABC News] USA - Espionage Case Breaches the White House
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1187030&page=1
[KWTX] TEXAS - Fort Hood Service Center Closed After Suspicious Substance Found
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/1889077.html
[AP] CANADA - Death Toll From Canada Outbreak Now at 16
"cause of the outbreak at the Seven Oaks Home for the Aged remains unknown"
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/05/D8D244U8C.html
[AP] NORTH CAROLINA - Feds Charge Three Working at Fort Bragg With Immigration Violations
"Three people who taught foreign languages at a school at Fort Bragg were arrested on immigration charges"
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB7UGV2GEE.html
[AP] USA - Cheney Urges Patience in Decades-Long War on Terror
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB1SQY2GEE.html
[NBC News and news services] USA - White House scare over suspicious package
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9597893/
[NBC4.tv] CALIFORNIA - 'Suspicious Device' Prompts Evacuation In Long Beach
"cylinder-type device with a timer attached to it"
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/5059211/detail.html
[WND] USA / MEXICO BORDER - Is border fence needed to protect U.S. security?
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46659
[U.S. Coast Guard] FLORIDA - Migrant Smugglers Thwarted by Coast Guard, DHS Partners
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,78163,00.html
[AFP] USA / IRAN - Iran Issues Threat To US Interests
"The Americans should know that if they put more pressure on our country, Iran will be obliged to use all means to disrupt the situation and endanger its interests,"
http://www.spacewar.com/news/iran-05zzzza.html
[Voices Magazine] USA / IRAQ - Top Generals Urge Public Support for Iraq Policy
http://voicesmag.com/Archives/News/oct2005/top_generals_public_support_iraq_100305.htm
[Voices Magazine Jim Kouri] USA - JDL Leader Sentenced to 20 Years For Terrorist Plot
"admitted his role in two criminal conspiracies to manufacture and detonate bombs at a mosque and a Congressman's field office "
http://voicesmag.com/Archives/kouri/jdl_leader_sentenced_20years_100505.htm
[NewsHour Extra] USA - FBI Targets MS-13 Street Gang
"Congress also has begun working on legislation to make gang crimes federal offenses with mandatory minimum sentences, after rumors surfaced that MS-13 may have had connections to al-Qaida"
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec05/gangs_10-05.html
[WCPO] OHIO - Live Pipe Bomb Found In Colerain Township
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/10/05/pipebomb.html
[The Mercury] PENNSYLVANIA - Officials: No bomb found in vehicle
http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15337551&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6
[The JHU Gazette] USA - Physicians Ill-Prepared to Diagnose or Treat Bioterrorism Diseases
"More than one-half of 631 physicians tested were unable to correctly diagnose diseases caused by agents most likely to be used by bioterrorists, such as smallpox, anthrax, botulism and plague"
http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2005/03oct05/03illpre.html
[U.S. Department of the Treasury] USA - Treasury Designates Seven Al Qaida Associates [Egyptian Islamic Jihad]
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/js2960.htm
[NorthJersey.com] NEW JERSEY - State police pull out of anti-terror office in N.J.
"decimating the agency's investigative ability and bringing its terror probes to a virtual standstill"
"It's totally, definitely and completely irresponsible. It's not a game that's being played - this is the health and well-being of New Jersey we're talking about"
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY3ODY1NDEmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky
[Government Technology] NEW JERSEY - New Jersey Receives Port Security Grants
http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/96855
[Rocky Mountain News] COLORADO - State has plan for avian flu
"Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta estimates that up to 100 million Americans could be infected during a pandemic, and 89,000 to 207,000 could die"
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4130045,00.html
International:
[ABC News Online] AUSTRALIA - Police escape injury during Melbourne van blast
"Firefighters say suspicious bags with wires attached were seen in a white van before it burst into flames at Kew in Melbourne's east this morning"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1475652.htm
[SMH] AUSTRALIA - 'Bomb' van explodes as police retreat [photo]
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/10/06/1128191818751.html?from=top5
[BBC] SRI LANKA - Bomb blast in Sri Lanka capital
"bomb in a parked van outside a newspaper office of a Tamil political party "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4314500.stm
[B92] KOSOVO - Bomb destroys UN vehicle in Kosovo
http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?&nav_category=&nav_id=33034&order=priority&style=headlines
[Trinidad Express] TRINIDAD / TOBAGO - US issues warning for citizens to avoid PoS next week
"US Citizens are advised to avoid the downtown Port of Spain vicinity during the period October 9-12 as a precautionary measure due to a pattern of bombings which have occurred in public locations on the 10th or
11th of each of the previous three months"
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=106549508
[AP] IRAQ - Video Shows Beheading of Two Iraqi Men Alleged to Be U.S. Spies
"video showing two Iraqi men being beheaded for allegedly spying for the United States was posted on a militant Islamic Web site Wednesday"
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBE4H91GEE.html
[Japan Today] JAPAN - Anthrax, resistant TB not stored properly at many Japanese labs
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=351256
[IHC Report] USA / SYRIA - US State Department Official: Syria Actively Supports Terrorism
http://www.infoisrael.net/cgi-local/text.pl?source=2/a/i/021020051
[MENL] SYRIA / RUSSIA - SYRIA PREPARES FOR S-18 DELIVERY
"Syria has been finalizing arrangements for the receipt of S-18 surface-to-air missiles from Russia"
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2005/october/10_02_3.html
[AP] ISRAEL - PA: Security forces will stand firm
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1128219508282
[Taiwan Journal] TAIWAN / USA / CHINA / JAPAN - Military experts at conference urge closer ties with US, Japan
"to counter China's growing military threat in the Taiwan Strait"
http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/4-oa/20051005/2005100501.html
[Welwyn and Hatfield TImes] UNITED KINGDOM - White powder shock for villager [False Alarm]
"frightened man from Danesbury Park Road, Welwyn, feared it was anthrax and called the police"
http://www.whtimes.co.uk/content/whtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=WHTOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newswhtnew&itemid=WEED05%20Oct%202005%2010%3A40%3A35%3A287
[London Free Press] AFGHANISTAN - Afghan bomb kills boy, injures Canadians
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/International/2005/10/06/1250483-sun.html
[AP] TURKEY - Nations Struggle to Infiltrate al-Qaida
"Turkish intelligence agents are infiltrating mosques, monitoring underground Web sites and investigating Islamic front charities but are having little success penetrating al-Qaida's tight-knit cells"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051005/ap_on_re_mi_ea/infiltrating_al_qaida;_ylt=An1Itf49pmfcTsTAyS8DcvxvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
[BBC] UNITED KINGDOM / IRAN / IRAQ - Iran 'behind attacks on British'
"Britain has accused Iran of responsibility for explosions which have caused the deaths of all eight UK soldiers killed in Iraq this year"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4312516.stm
[AKI] SUDAN - AL-QAEDA MAY STILL BE OPERATING TRAINING CAMPS IN SUDAN, PRELATE SAYS
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.215351001&par=0
[AFX] IRAQ - US general warns of increased Baghdad insurgent attacks ahead of Oct 15 vote
http://www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2005/10/05/afx2261566.html
[Intl Crisis Group] EGYPT - Reforming Egypt: In Search of a Strategy
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3718&l=2
[Daily Standard] IRAN - General Panic ... Meet Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, the commander of Iran's anti-American Qods Force
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/156kncex.asp
re post no. 1312 and this graphic:
http://internet-haganah.us/hmedia/28july04-obl-jakel-bomb.jpg
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http://haganah.us/harchives/002388.html
July 28, 2004
"From the pages of abualbukhary.net"
Posted by aaron at July 28, 2004 06:09 PM
TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 10/07/2005 # 1
National:
[New York Sun] USA / SAUDI ARABIA - Senate Will Probe Saudi Distribution Of Hate Materials
"The American government is demanding that Saudi Arabia account for its distribution of hate material to American mosques"
"dozens of mosques in major cities across the country, including New York, Washington, and Los Angeles, were distributing documents, bearing the seal of the government of Saudi Arabia, that incite
Muslims to acts of violence and promote hatred of Jews and Christians"
http://www.nysun.com/article/20998
[AFP] USA - Bin Laden to surface after new attack on US soil: ex-CIA expert
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/05/051006013432.k4e6rfb7.html
[AHN] USA - FBI Discloses A 'Specific Threat' Against New York City
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7000410179
[Times Online] NEW YORK - New York subway on alert after 'credible threat' of attack
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1815565,00.html
[AP] NEW YORK - Television Station Held Subway Threat Story Over Security Concerns
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBSI1CVHEE.html
[AP] USA - Bush: 10 Al-Qaida Attacks Stopped
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/5064741/detail.html
[AFP] USA - Three Al-Qaeda strikes foiled in US since September 11: Bush
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051006/wl_afp/usattacksbush_051006164052;_ylt=AmeHBR6gcPh2Ud2TbwZ4AjOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-
[Reuters] USA - White House details 10 terror plots in Bush speech
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06698778.htm
[The Australian] AUSTRALIA / USA - PM not aware of foiled al-Qaeda plots
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16843195%255E1702,00.html
[FCW] USA - Google: Fit for intelligence work?
http://www.fcw.com/article90984-10-03-05-Print
[ClickOnDetroit.com] MICHIGAN - Bomb Squad Called For Device Found In Barn
"Firefighter Makes Discovery Beneath Car"
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/5066487/detail.html
[GCN] USA - TSA seeks technology to round up the usual suspects
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/37222-1.html
[BBC] USA - CIA head rejects 9/11 blame game
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4314268.stm
[AP] OKLAHOMA - Bomber's Roommate Held Briefly After Attack
http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/5060237/detail.html
[AP] USA - Senate: Treat Suspects Like POWs
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171394,00.html
[Village Voice] USA - Marines: Looking for a Few Good Aliens?
"U.S. Marine recruiter accused of selling and delivering counterfeit documents to illegal aliens in order for them to join the service"
http://villagevoice.com/news/0540,gillison,68594,2.html
[Angus Reid Global Scan] USA - Americans Split Over Homeland Security Success
"45 per cent of respondents say the Department of Homeland Security has made Americans safer, while 49 per cent disagree"
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/9261
[UPI] USA / MEXICO BORDER - Minutemen arrival chases away smugglers
"Al Garza, president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of Texas, said the civilian volunteers will stay at their posts until relieved by the National Guard"
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051004-104448-5748r.htm
[AP] NEW YORK - One dead, several injured in blast at home for migrant workers
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=3944804
[KVOA] ARIZONA - The U.S. Border Patrol is getting new stations in Willcox and Sonoita
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=3939697&nav=HMO6HMaY
[AP] IDAHO - Seven illegal aliens arrested for working at Mountain Home AFB
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=ID%20Immigration%20Arrests%20Idaho
[NWI Times] ILLINOIS - Cops find, detonate car bomb
http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2005/10/06/news/top_news/96b207b7f506ba4086257092001a02d1.txt
[Witchita Eagle] KANSAS - Billboard seeks public's help spotting terrorists
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/local/12813930.htm
[ClickOnDetroit.com] MICHIGAN - Doctors Label Source Of Mysterious School Illness
"Doctors are labeling a mysterious illness at a Pittsfield Township high school as psychosomatic"
"Several students passed out and went to the hospital"
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/5065510/detail.html
[Mens News Daily - Jim Kouri] USA - Feds, Local Cops Arrest 59 Smugglers in 11 Cities
http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/kouri/2005/10/feds-local-cops-arrest-59-smugglers-in.html
[AP / KHOU] TEXAS - Several injured in Formosa plant explosion
http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou051006_mh_plantexplosion.cae87da6.html
[AP] CANADA - Plane Carrying Viruses Crashes in Canada
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/06/D8D2QNPG2.html
[AP] USA - Bush Presses Vaccine Makers to Prepare for Possible Bird Flu Pandemic
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBYJ3LVHEE.html
[Gainesville Sun] FLORIDA - Al-Qaeda in N. Florida? Commissioner says so
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051006/LOCAL/51006009/1078/news
International:
[Fox News] AFGHANISTAN - U.S. Snags Al Qaeda No. 2's Letter to Zarqawi
"Muslim terrorists have developed a detailed plan for creating an Islamic state centered on Iraq and including neighboring countries as well as the destruction of Israel"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171513,00.html
[Reuters] MIDDLE EAST - Al Qaeda puts job ads on Internet - Arab paper
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-10-06T131639Z_01_HAR647328_RTRUKOC_0_US-QAEDA-JOBS.xml
[AP] EGYPT - Egypt Warns Hamas Over Weapons
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051006/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians;_ylt=AsA8VG3bZ_acGYh4syt5By5vaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
[Times Online] IRAN / UNITED KINGDOM - Iran brands British bomb claims 'fantasy'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1813621,00.html
[Pajhwok Afghan News] AFGHANISTAN - Arab escapee vows jihad against US
http://www.pajhwak.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=7158
[AP] AFGHANISTAN - Taliban Spokesman: Chief Hiding in Afghanistan [Mullah Mohammed Omar]
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171301,00.html
[Reuters] PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN - Pakistan to consider Afghan request for Taleban spokesman
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/October/subcontinent_October199.xml§ion=subcontinent
[DPA] ALGERIA - Two dead in terrorist attacks in Algeria
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/October/middleeast_October129.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
[AFP] SPAIN - 'Spanish Taliban' gets six-year jail term
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051005/wl_afp/spainafghanistanjusticeqaedaguantanamo_051005135354;_ylt=Au0dxcI7BgQu4lATFG48gZuQOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
[Reuters] THAILAND - Man beheaded on eve of Ramadan in south Thailand
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-10-05T125703Z_01_DIT545604_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-THAILAND.xml&archi
[AP] THAILAND - 'Militants' kill 5 Thai soldiers
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/thailand.south.ap/index.html
[Crosswalk.com] IRAQ - Zarqawi Said to Call for Intensification of Terror During Ramadan
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1355003.html
[AP] ROMANIA -Romania Deports Alleged Qaeda Cell
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/06/terror/main917335.shtml
[Reuters] ROMANIA - Romania expels al Qaeda suspects to prevent attack
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06116876.htm
[Christian Science Monitor] ITALY - Want to check your e-mail in Italy? Bring your passport [Antiterror law]
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1004/p07s01-woeu.html
[IOL] IRAQ - US forces bomb Iraq's Euphrates bridges
"US-led forces have bombed eight bridges on the Euphrates River in western Iraq to stop insurgents using them"
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=123&art_id=qw1128610260414B262
[PakTribune.com] PAKISTAN - 2 killed in bomb explosion
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=121440
[UNI] INDIA - 2 soldiers, 3 militants killed, explosives seized in Kashmir
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=30796
[PTI] INDIA - Five hurt as explosives explode in police station
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200510061565.htm
[Ya Libnan] LEBANON / GERMANY - Jund El Sham Threatens to kill Mehlis
"group calling itself Jund El Sham, threatened to slaughter German Prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, who is heading a U.N. team investigating Rafik Hariri's assassination"
http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2005/10/jund_el_sham_th.php
October 6, 2005 NIGHT Anti-Terrorism News
Al Qaeda Letter Snagged
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171513,00.html
U.S. intercepts message from network's No. 2 to leader of Iraq's
terrorist insurgency Zarqawi
New York subway system on alert
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/06/newyork.subways/index.html
New York City's subway system went under heightened alert Thursday
after officials received information from the FBI about a "specific
threat," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. There were indications that a
terrorist attack on New York's subway system is possible "in the coming days,"
said New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Both he and Bloomberg
declined to give further details, citing security concerns. "There is a
possibility that this particular threat may be resolved in the coming
days," said Mark Mershon, assistant director of the FBI's New York field
office. It was the first specific threat against the city's subway
system, Bloomberg said. But the threat did not mention specific subway
stations, he said. "It was more specific as to target," he said. It was
more specific as to timing, and some of the sources had more information
that would lead one to believe that it was not the kind of thing that
appears in the intelligence community every day." Bloomberg urged New
Yorkers to be vigilant.
Security Tightened on New York Subways After Threat
http://www.kxtv.com/storyfull3.aspx?storyid=13502
The threat reportedly involved information that 19 operatives had been
deployed to the city to place bombs in the subway.
NYPD source tells FOX that plot involves 19 operatives who have been
deployed to place bombs in subway
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171491,00.html
(DC Subway) Metro: No Threat Here
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1005/266545.html
LA Transit Officials Increase Security In Wake Of NYC Threat
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/5068075/detail.html
(San Francisco) BART increases security after threat against NYC subway
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/06/MNG7RF3IBL6.DTL
US offers $10m reward for Bali bomb suspect
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3436121a14955,00.html
Full details on foiled terror strikes classified : White House
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20051006/pl_afp/usattacksbushdetails_051006175909
Bush said in a speech earlier that the United States and its partners
had disrupted at least 10 "serious Al-Qaeda" terrorist plots since
September 11, including three in the United States, plus five more attempts
to case targets or inflitrate operatives onto US soil. His spokesman
Scott McClellan said later that one of the foiled attacks Bush was
referring to involved Jose Padilla who has been accused of plotting with
Al-Qaeda to blow up apartment buildings, hotels and gas stations and to use
a radiological "dirty bomb." He was also referring to Iyman Faris, a US
truckdriver who has admitted to plotting to carry out attacks for
Al-Qaeda, including on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, McClellan said.
"There are other incidents that are still classified," said McClellan
(UK) Manchester properties raided in IRA investigation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,1586246,00.html?gusrc=rss
Transcript of President Bush's Statement on War on Terror
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051006-3.html
Student Leader: Hinrichs Not Muslim
http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/5063479/detail.html
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Bin Laden, Columbus, and the Jews
By Reuven Koret October 12, 2001
"Let the whole world know that we shall never accept that the tragedy of Andalusia be repeated in Palestine," Osama bin Laden said in his taped cave-side address. "We cannot accept that Palestine will become Jewish."
The allusion to Andalusia evidently refers to the Christian re-conquest of Spain from Muslims in 1492, when Ferdinand and Isabella led the Spanish forces in seizing control of the glorious Moorish palace of Alhambra, a turning point in the drive to expel the Moors from the European continent.
It was not a good year for the Jews either, as it marked the royal edict expelling them from Spain. It was in this year, too, that Christopher Columbus departed Europe, bound to find what would come to be called America.
In bin Laden's remark we see the extent to which historical humiliations inform his thinking. He seeks to avenge the defeat of the Muslims at Granada by the Catholics, and the defeat of the Muslims by the Jews in Palestine. We see, too, how he thinks in symbols: Andalusia 1492 is being repeated in modern-day Israel.
Columbus Day, October 12, commemorates the European "discovery" of America in 1492, and 1492 represents the year in which Islam began to be pushed out of Spain. In bin Laden's mind, these two events are inextricably linked.
On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole was attacked at sea by two suicide bombers on a speedboat.
Exactly one year earlier, on October 12, 1999, a covert operation to send 60 Pakistani commandos to Afghanistan to capture or kill bin Laden was aborted when a military coup overthrew Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Exactly one year before that, on October 12, 1998, the late Eqbal Ahmad, a follower of bin Laden and a Professor at Hampshire College, gave a presentation at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He said: "History unfortunately recognizes and accords visibility to power and not to weakness. Therefore, visibility has been accorded historically to dominant groups. In our time, the time that began with this day, Columbus Day."
Professor Ahmad explained: "The time that begins with Columbus Day is a time of extraordinary unrecorded holocausts. Great civilizations have been wiped out. The Mayas, the Incas, the Aztecs, the American Indians, the Canadian Indians were all wiped out. Their voices have not been heard, even to this day fully. Now they are beginning to be heard, but not fully. They are heard, yes, but only when the dominant power suffers, only when resistance has a semblance of costing, of exacting a price. When a Custer is killed that's when you know that there were Indians fighting."
I have no clue whether the FBI warning that a major attack by bin Laden's al-Qaeda this weekend has anything to do with the historical significance of October 12. But for him and his followers, this is considered a holy day of revolution, when the weak communicate through terror to the strong, when the tribes strive to overturn the colonial powers. The fact that an assassination attempt against him was thwarted on that very day by virtue of a revolution must have appeared to him as a divine validation.
Columbus Day, October 12, is a dangerous day for the enemies of bin Laden, and I pray that it passes without serious event. But even if the present FBI alert proves to a false alarm, the legacy of the war against Columbus and what he stands for, will continue to animate bin Laden and his allies.
http://www.israelinsider.com/views/articles/views_0162.htm
Great article. Thanks for the reminder about the Oct 12th relevance.
New York subway system on alert
Same intelligence led to U.S. raid in Iraq, military source says
Thursday, October 6, 2005; Posted: 7:32 p.m. EDT (23:32 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/06/newyork.subways/index.html
Mayor Bloomberg: "We ask that the public remain vigilant. If you see
something, say something."
A well-placed U.S. military official told CNN on Thursday that the same
intelligence also led to a raid against suspected al Qaeda operatives
in Iraq.
Raymond Kelly.
Both he and Bloomberg declined to give further details, citing security
concerns.
No arrests have been made in Manhattan, but operations continue outside
the city, Kelly said, without mentioning where.
And Bloomberg said that officials "do not have any reason to believe"
that any of the plotters "are in New York at this point in time"
"There is a possibility that this particular threat may be resolved in
the coming days," said Mark Mershon, assistant director of the FBI's
New York field office.
It was the first specific threat against the city's subway system,
Bloomberg said. But the threat did not mention specific subway stations, he
said.
"It was more specific as to target," he said. It was more specific as
to timing, and some of the sources had more information that would lead
one to believe that it was not the kind of thing that appears in the
intelligence community every day."
Bloomberg urged New Yorkers to be vigilant.
"If you see something, say something. Call 311 or 911, if it's an
emergency," he said, urging vigilance. (311 is New York City's phone number
for government information.)
Bloomberg said he still plans to travel on the subway Thursday evening
and Friday. "I have no problems with my daughters taking the subway any
more than me," he said.
An average 4.5 million commuters use New York's subway system daily.
Kelly said that briefcases, baby strollers, luggage and other
containers will draw particular attention, and he asked the public to curtail
their use if possible.
In addition to more bag searches, the city has significantly increased
police presence -- uniformed and undercover -- on the subways and at
station entrances, Kelly and Bloomberg said.
Source: Iraq connection
The highly classified operation involving the U.S. intelligence
community and the U.S. military was carried out against suspected al Qaeda
operatives south of Baghdad, CNN has learned from a well-placed U.S.
military official.
"Significant intelligence was also gathered in this raid, along with al
Qaeda operatives who were rounded up," CNN's Jamie McIntyre reported,
citing the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Few other details were provided about the raid, which occurred in the
town of Musayyib, in the lawless area nicknamed "The Triangle of Death."
But the official said the raid was the result of the same intelligence
about the threat to New York's subway system.
The news came 10 days after the arrest of nine people in France
allegedly plotting attacks on the Paris subway, an airport and an intelligence
agency's headquarters.
"We can't be too careful, and the precautions that New York City has
taken are appropriate and make a good deal of sense," said Sen. Charles
Schumer of New York, a Democrat. "We cannot be in a situation where we
don't turn over every stone. But the bottom line is that in the post-911
world, you can't be too careful."
In July, London's public transportation system was attacked twice. At
least 52 people died and 700 people were wounded when four men detonated
bombs aboard subway trains and a double-decker bus on July 7. The
morning rush-hour attacks made it the city's bloodiest day since World War
II.
Nobody was killed when simultaneous attacks were carried out on three
London subway trains and a bus two weeks later, on July 21.
In a speech Thursday, President Bush said that since September 11,
2001, the United States and its allies have thwarted 10 al Qaeda attacks
worldwide, three of them inside the United States
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Re: the designation of Batterjee ... IT'S ABOUT TIME!
I just finished "Terrorist Hunter", and he figures so prominently, I'm amazed it has taken the gov't. this long. Then again, considering our alphabet agency infighting...
Yes, I remember the bottles.
Interesting to note that there were "plastic bottles" found in the the recent OK suicide bomber's car.
Law enforcement has not yet said what was in the bottles.
Have fun, SB.
Stay safe.
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