New Delhi: The security has been tightened around a girls' school in Pakistan after it received anonymous threats that its building will be bombed if the teachers and students did not start wearing veils and burqas. The letter threatened that the school would be bombed within seven days if students and teachers did not start wearing veils.
The principal of the government high school in Mardan received the letter from an unidentified source. Security personnel have been deployed around all girls' schools after the school administration informed about the letter to the local authorities. It is believed that the letters are being sent by associates of al-Qaeda leader Abu Farah, who was arrested from the same area. Similar letters were also sent to some schools in Peshawar, and as a result, two schools were closed down and security for others was increased.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pak-school-gets-alqaeda-threat/34259-2.html
Tonne of explosives found on Egypt-Gaza border
Fri Feb 23, 2007
RAFAH, Egypt - Egyptian security forces have found a tonne of explosives on the border between Egypt, the Gaza Strip and Israel, a security source said Friday. "A tonne of TNT destined for Gaza has been found in a cache" near the Kerem Shalom crossing, the source said before adding that security forces were searching the area after three Palestinians were arrested on Wednesday.
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Egypt: Terrorists planning Sinai attack
Feb. 23, 2007
Egyptian security forces discovered on Friday approximately one metric ton of explosives hidden underground near Egypt's border with Gaza, a security official said.
The explosives, mostly TNT that officials believe was recovered from land mines, were stashed in 34 plastic sacks, the security officer said speaking on condition of anonymity, because he is not authorized to give statements to the media. The explosives were to be smuggled to the Gaza Strip, he said.
Bedouin trackers working for the authorities led security forces to the underground hiding place in Nagaa Shabanah, a village a few kilometers south of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
The discovery came on the heels of a report by Egyptian intelligence that two Palestinians armed with explosives had infiltrated Sinai and intended to carry out suicide terror attacks against tourists. The Counterterrorism Bureau of the National Security has advised Israelis not to travel to Sinai, Army Radio reported Friday.
Friday's terror warning followed the arrest Thursday of 23 Egyptian terror suspects, while on Wednesday, northern Sinai was on high alert after Egyptian border and security authorities arrested 3 Palestinians and Egyptians, including one who was wearing an explosives belt and had crossed from Gaza to Egypt in an underground tunnel.
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