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Posted on 06/01/2007 7:57:59 PM PDT by nwctwx
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“Suspect device found on Glasgow suspect”
AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/30/07 | AP
Posted on 06/30/2007 1:59:05 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Post no. 1474 is a snaphot in time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843491/posts?page=1474#1474
Updating Hot Air’s link:
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http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/30/breaking-car-on-fire-drives-into-glasgow-airport-terminal/
Breaking: Car on fire drives into Glasgow airport terminal; Update: Gas cylinders in Jeep? Update: Suspect dies of burns — or does he? Update: Scottish cops believe incident is linked to car bomb plot
posted at 11:09 am on June 30, 2007 by Allahpundit
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017181.php
June 30, 2007
US warned of possible Glasgow attack two weeks ago in connection with other threats
“A US official told ABCNews.com that the intelligence reports led to the assignment of Federal Air Marshals to flights into and out of both Glasgow and Prague.”
“US Warned of Glasgow Threat Two Weeks Ago,” by Richard Esposito and Rhonda Schwartz for ABC News’ The Blotter:
U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago warning of a possible terror attack in Glasgow against “airport infrastructure or aircraft,” a senior US law enforcement officials tells the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
The intelligence reports also warned that airports and aircraft in the Czech Republic could be the targets of al Qaeda-connected terrorists.
The warnings were kept secret for operational reasons, according to officials. In public, the White House and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff have continued to maintain they know of no specific or credible threats involving the United States, even though the intelligence reports specify US aircraft as possible targets.
A US official told ABCNews.com that the intelligence reports led to the assignment of Federal Air Marshals to flights into and out of both Glasgow and Prague.
Air marshals had been added to flights into and out of Germany late last month, based on similar warnings.
Posted by Marisol at June 30, 2007 4:49 PM
stepping back in time...
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/004576.html
26 July 2005
Al-Qaeda chief has well-stocked teams in place
sundayherald.com:
BRITISH intelligence and security services are on high alert in preparation for terror attacks in major UK cities following the double assault on London.
Emergency planners are keyed up for terror strikes in cities such as Glasgow and Birmingham. The net has also widened across the world in the hunt for those who planned and helped prepare the July 7 and July 21 attacks in London.
Intelligence and security analysts believe that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an al-Qaeda chief in Iraq, has built up such a well-stocked team of fighters that he has been able to send a number of trained terrorists back to their countries of origin in recent months.
Posted on 26 July 2005 @ 12:56
stepping back in time.
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005760.html
25 October 2006
“al-Qaida’s man in Clackmannanshire has his day in court, sort of...”
stepping back in time..
http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/000312.html
April 18, 2006
“The ‘young man with a beard’ excuse”
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http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/000321.html
April 25, 2006
“Three more held under the Men With Beards Act of 2000”
UPDATES...
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/30/us.glasgow.reax/index.html
“Security heightened at U.S. airports”
(June 30, 2007)
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http://www.faa.gov
http://www.dhs.gov
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287364,00.html
(AP)
(U.S. Orders Boost in Airport Security in Wake of London, Glasgow Terror Acts)
(June 30, 2007)
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OFF TOPIC, but fyi:
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/06/20070630-4.html
For Immediate Release
June 30, 2007
Statement by the President
White House News
Last November, I announced my intention to seek modifications to our Visa Waiver Program that would offer our closest partners in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as others such as the Republic of Korea, an accelerated process for admission to the Program as we strengthen the Program’s security components. I am committed to continuing to work with Congress to produce legislation that would strengthen our country’s security by implementing this initiative. It is in our nation’s interest to facilitate travel to the United States, and, at the same time, to prevent terrorists from being able to exploit that travel.
http://news.google.com/news?um=1&tab=wn&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22nitric+acid%22&btnG=Search+News
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12620&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070630-15
June 30, 2007
Hazardous materials in containers removed from massive cache site
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD — When the second largest cache of Operation Iraqi Freedom was found earlier in the month, not only did Mulit-National Division – Baghdad troops spring into action, but Coalition Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) teams also arrived on the scene.
Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment “Tomahawks”, attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Division, cleaned up the cache, which included hundreds of containers filled with nitric acid, June 12-15, in the eastern Rashid District of the Iraqi capital.
Nitric acid is a toxic substance that is used to make homemade explosives. Coalition chemical assessments indicate that nitric acid stockpiles in excess of 500 pounds have a potential to be a catastrophic event when combined with other ingredients to make explosive material. An estimated 15,000 pounds of nitric acid was removed from the cache site by MND-B troops in three days of around-the-clock work.
“Nitric acid can be added to explosives to increase yield, will damage skin on contact and lungs by inhalation,” said 1st Lt. David Pegueros, a chemical officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th BCT. “When distilled or combined with other homemade explosive materials, it can be as explosive as TNT.”
June 11, when the Tomahawks were notified that a cache of hundreds of containers of nitric acid were found in the eastern portion of the Rashid District, it was determined that the brigade’s excavation assets would be used to help clean up the site, with assistance from Multi-National Corps-Iraq.
A total of 779 five-gallon containers of the toxic substance were found buried at the cache site, which also included hundreds of mines and large air-droppable bombs, as well as four car bombs. All of the conventional explosives were removed and disposed of by explosive ordnance disposal teams, but the nitric acid presented a different challenge for troops.
Soldiers dug up and safely removed 400 jugs of sealed nitric acid June 12, and returned the next day continued to move 307 sealed and partially leaking containers out of the area.
The HAZMAT team arrived, June 14, to remove 72 severely leaking containers.
June 15, two HAZMAT teams worked to complete the removal of the damaged containers, which were then safely transported to a Coalition Forces installation for proper disposal.
“When you look at the amount of explosives and nitric acid found and disposed of from one site, the numbers are staggering,” said Col. Ricky D. Gibbs, commander of the 4th BCT. “A lot of lives were saved as a result of this tremendous service the Soldiers performed.”
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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006059.html
18 May 2007
“Note that the brother calls it ‘Nitrate De Potassium’”
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/29/chemicals.found/
“N.Y. chemicals intended for resale, police say”
POSTED: 5:09 p.m. EDT, June 29, 2007
NEW YORK (CNN) —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Police said Miguel Serrano, 57, had bought the chemicals in bulk from an Ohio-based dealer and was intending to resell the chemicals in smaller quantities on the Internet. It was the dealer who tipped off the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after Serrano had allegedly ordered 5,000 pounds of potassium nitrate, according to a police report.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “According to New York Police Sgt. Kevin Hayes, authorities found less than a thousand pounds of chemicals in the home, including potassium nitrate, sulfur, mercury, and peroxide. At the off-site storage facility, authorities found about 1,500 pounds of chemicals, mainly potassium nitrate.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “According to Brown, the man was buying the chemicals in bulk and reselling them on the Internet.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Small quantities of hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate, elemental mercury, iodine, sulfur, ammonium dichromate, and aluminum powder were also recovered during the raid, police said.”
1,440 posted on 06/30/2007 1:15:10 AM PDT by Cindy
Update — Fire breaks out in Sturgis Hall
Building evacuated; no major injuries reported
by Kyle Whitfield
Issue date: 6/19/07 Section: News
Originally published: 6/19/07 at 5:01 PM MST Last update: 6/20/07 at 10:09 AM MST
Page 1 of 1
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Two members of the BRPD fire department prepare to enter Sturgis Hall on Tuesday after a bottle of nitric acid likely caused a fire in the building. No major injuries were reported.
A package containing nitric acid was delivered to Sturgis Hall on Tuesday afternoon and caused a fire in the building.
LSUPD spokesperson Maj. Lawrence Rabalais said an unidentified woman smelled a strange odor coming from the package around 3:30 p.m.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6257606.stm
“UK terror threat now ‘critical’”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The UK’s national terrorism threat level has been raised to “critical” after attacks in Glasgow and London.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged the public to be vigilant and added: “I know the British people will stand together, united and resolute.”
The announcement came after a meeting of the government emergencies committee Cobra, following a burning car being driven into a Glasgow airport terminal.
On Friday, two car bombs were found in central London.
Ministers, police and security service officials held their third meeting of Cobra in three days on Saturday evening, this time with a video link to ministers in Scotland.
In a televised statement, Mr Brown thanked the police, the security and emergency services for the “dedicated professionalism” that has been shown in London and Glasgow Airport.
“The first duty of the government is the security and safety of all the British people, so it is right to raise the level of security at airports and in crowded places in the light of the heightened threat,” he said.
Two men have been arrested in connection with the incident at Glasgow Airport
Blazing car crashes at airport
Car bomb leads
The critical threat level indicates terrorist attacks are imminent. It is the highest possible level and was also in place after the 7 July 2005 suicide bomb attacks on London.
Security has also been tightened at airports across the US following the attempted attacks.”
Thanks.
Bump.
http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1098.html
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http://rawstory.com/news/afp/American_diplomat_missing_in_Cyprus_06302007.html
(AFP)
“American diplomat missing in Cyprus”
Published: Saturday June 30, 2007
ARTRICLE SNIPPET: “A senior American diplomat stationed in Cyprus was reported missing to police on Saturday after he disappeared without trace for more than 48 hours, the US embassy said.
Tom Mooney, a military attache stationed at the embassy in the capital Nicosia, has been missing since Thursday and remains unaccounted for.
“He’s been missing for the past 48 hours, his car is missing as well. We have formally notified police,” a US embassy spokesman told AFP.”
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“U.S. diplomat in Cyprus missing: embassy”
Reuters ^ | June 30, 2007 | Reuters
Posted on 06/30/2007 3:18:54 PM PDT by Islander7
NICOSIA (Reuters)
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Any word regarding Jill's husband? Heartfelt prayers to both of them.
No word and glad you are back, Oorang.
Fox News.com and BBC News has a similar banner.
Fox News banner: “Breaking News >> AP: Police Say Two More People Arrested in Connection With U.K. Terror Incidents”
This was a very crude attack. I would liken it to sudden jihad syndrome as a knee jerk reaction to the failed attacks. However, suspect Britian is not out of the woods yet.
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