Authorities detonated what appeared to be a pipe bomb on Diascund Reservoir Road, near Good Hope Road, on Monday afternoon. A person found the bomb along the shoreline about 1:20 p.m., New Kent County Sheriff Farrar W. Howard Jr. said. The incident remains under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at 804-966-9500.
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/briefs/dp-54895bf0feb13,0,7475633.story?coll=dp-briefs
Spain ups terror alert ahead of trial
February 13, 2007
MADRID, Spain -- The Spanish government has raised its terrorism alert to medium from low ahead of the trial of 29 people charged with involvement in the Madrid train bombings, which starts on Thursday.
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Iraqi insurgents using Austrian rifles from Iran
13/02/2007
Austrian sniper rifles that were exported to Iran have been discovered in the hands of Iraqi terrorists, The Daily Telegraph has learned. More than 100 of the.50 calibre weapons, capable of penetrating body armour, have been discovered by American troops during raids.
The Steyr HS50 is a long range, high precision rifle The guns were part of a shipment of 800 rifles that the Austrian company, Steyr-Mannlicher, exported legally to Iran last year. The sale was condemned in Washington and London because officials were worried that the weapons would be used by insurgents against British and American troops.
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Algiers, 13 Feb. 2007 - The Organisation of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb - previously called the Salafite Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) - has claimed responsibility for a series of explosions on Tuesday that killed six and wounded another 16, Arabic satellite TV network al-Jazeera reported. "The brave mujahadeen were able to simultaneously detonate six carbombs targeting several different police stations and national guard barracks in Kabylia," read an Internet statement quoted by al-Jazeera.
At least five car bombs exploded in the cities of Tizi Ouzu and Bourmedes in deadly attacks in Algeria's eastern Kabylia area that police suspected were carried out by the GSPC.
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American Citizen Charged With Training in Somalia With Al Qaeda, Learning to Become Homicide Bomber
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
An American citizen charged with receiving terrorist training at an Al Qaeda camp in Somalia — including classes in how to become a homicide bomber and "wage violent jihad" — was taken into custody by FBI agents and returned to the U.S. Monday night night, Justice Department officials told FOX News.
An indictment unsealed Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston charges Daniel Joseph Maldanado, 28, a.k.a Daniel Aljughaifi, whose last known address was in Houston, with receiving training from a foreign terrorist organization and conspiring to use an explosive device outside the United States.
Maldonado was captured by the Kenyan military on January 21 as he fled to avoid capture by Ethiopian and Somali government forces battling Al Qaeda-backed rebels, Justice Department officials said.
He was turned over to U.S. law enforcement officials last weekend, and flown to Houston on Monday night accompanied by special agents of the FBI. He appeared Tuesday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Calvin Botley, who ordered him detained without bond pending a detention hearing on Feb. 20.
If convicted, Maldanado could face life imprisonment on the bomb-making charge, while receiving military training from a terrorist organization carries a maximum punishment of 10 years, the Justice Department said.
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