BOSTON A 20-year-old Wyoming man will be in East Boston district court on Tuesday after he allegedly tried to open the door of a JetBlue plane mid-flight Monday morning.
According to officials, Jesse Boyd was subdued by passengers and flight attendants. He was then placed in hand cuffs for the remainder of the flight. Officers placed the 20-year-old under arrest when the plane touched down.
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http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_001230424.html
Gaza militant killed by bomb
02/01/2007
Gaza City - A militant from the ruling Palestinian Islamist party Hamas was killed in Gaza on Tuesday when a bomb he was preparing exploded, also wounding two others, said Palestinian security sources.
The explosion occurred in a house in Jabaliya, in the north of the Gaza Strip, they added. Numerous Palestinian militants have died in Gaza in recent years while handling explosives in their homes.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2050518,00.html
Man Arrested After Making Alleged Terrorist Threat
Jan 1, 2007
PALM SPRINGS A 35-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly made terrorist threats inside a Palm Springs bar, police said.
Officers detained Haider Mohammad of Palm Springs about 8 p.m. Friday at the Hair of the Dog Bar at 238 North Palm Canyon after he allegedly said he was going to "kill all Jews," said Palm Springs police Sgt. Mitch Spike.
According to witnesses, Mohammad also allegedly claimed to have an alliance with executed former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and to be affiliated with Al Qaeda. Mohammad was detained on suspicion of making terrorist threats in what was called a hate crime, Spike said. FBI investigators who were contacted by Palm Springs police determined that Mohammad was not a person of interest, he said.
Mohammad was booked at the Palm Springs Jail and released after posting $25,000 bail.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition Forces killed three terrorists, wounded one and detained two other suspected terrorists in a raid Tuesday morning targeting an al-Qaida weapons dealer in the Baghdad area.
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Violence claims 10 lives in renewed violence in Sri Lanka
NEW DELHI, Jan 1 - Violence Monday claimed 10 lives in the Northern and Eastern parts of Sri Lanka in renewed violence in the island nation. Suspected cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) triggered a claymore mine, killing two policemen and injuring another in Vavuniya in the island nation, today evening, news agencies reported.
This incident occured after another claymore mine was triggered by LTTE against a Sri Lankan army patrol, killing one soldier and injuring two others in Jaffna in Northern Sri Lanka also on Monday, the news agencies said.
In two separate incidents in Eastern Sri Lanka, three bodies belonging to minority Tamils and four others from the majority Sinhala community were recovered by Sri Lankan Army today, the news agencies reported.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=938965
Suspected Tunisian terrorists picked up in Algeria
ALGIERS, Jan 1 - Algerian army forces arrested two Tunisians linked to an international terrorist network, who came here to join an armed group in Algeria, a security source said here Monday.
An Algerian military patrol picked up two Tunisians in Meftah, Blida, around 50 km south of Algiers, on the evening of December 29, an Algerian security source told the Algerian Radio.
Security investigations showed that the Tunisian terrorists admitted that they belonged to an international terrorist network and came here to join the armed Salafi Group for Call and Combat in Algeria, the source added.
They also admitted that they came to Algeria via Libya with the help of persons who belonged to the Algerian armed organization. The armed Salafi Group for Call and Combat in Algeria said a couple of months back it had joined Al-Qaeda organization.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=938936
Well now, that sure wasn't nice.
And, he's out on bail.
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_001172325.html
Thank Oorang for pointing to this article:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Haider+Mohammad%22&btnG=Search
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_001172325.html
Jan 1, 2007 2:22 pm US/Pacific
"Man Arrested After Making Alleged Terrorist Threat"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CBS) PALM SPRINGS A 35-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly made terrorist threats inside a Palm Springs bar, police said.
Officers detained Haider Mohammad of Palm Springs about 8 p.m. Friday at the Hair of the Dog Bar at 238 North Palm Canyon after he allegedly said he was going to "kill all Jews," said Palm Springs police Sgt. Mitch Spike.
According to witnesses, Mohammad also allegedly claimed to have an alliance with executed former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and to be affiliated with Al Qaeda."
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Speaking of Iraq, have you read this article Oorang?
It's interesting and I'll post a link here for archival puroposes.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1201259,00.html
"Basra arrest bolsters revenge theory"
"Evidence suggests homegrown terrorists - not al-Qaida - carried out bombings in response to attack on Falluja"
Luke Harding in Baghdad and Mohammad Haider in Basra
Friday April 23, 2004
The Guardian
>>>FBI investigators who were contacted by Palm Springs police determined that Mohammad was not a person of interest, he said.
Okey dokey.