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US Steps Up Security Following Attack in Britain

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff made appearances on several television talk shows.

He told ABC's This Week program there is no indication of a linkage between the events in Britain and any specific attacks on the United States. "We do not have, at this point, specific, credible intelligence that there is an attack, a particular attack, focused on this country," he said.

But at the same time, speaking on CNN's Late Edition program, Chertoff said U.S. authorities are concerned about the threat of terrorism, especially in the coming months. "We have had a number of al-Qaida leaders quite publicly talking about how they want to carry out their threats against the West. So, given that and given the history that we have had over past summers, with attacks in Britain, I think we were clearly focused on this as a possibility," he said. Full story...

	More United Kingdom Attacks Possible
	More US Air Marshals on Flights to Europe
	Officials: Car Bomb Plot Bears al Qaida's Trademark

[Oorang]

You’re welcome Cindy. I will check for and post updates. Thanks for all the post the past couple of days. I’m working on catching up :-)

[Cindy]

Thank you BurbankKarl for the heads up.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-ex-explosion25jul26,0,3074572.story?coll=la-home-local

“UCLA building damaged by explosion”
By Michael Muskal, Times Staff Writer
1:15 PM PDT, July 25, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “No injuries were reported, and no evacuation of Building 114 was required, he said. The extent of damage was described as minor to moderate, he said.”

[Cindy]

Ping to Oorang’s post no. 2100.

[Cindy]

You’re welcome and THANK YOU Oorang.

[Cindy]

I’m a housewife and I don’t discuss nuke technology even if I did know.

Generally speaking, jihadis are fueled by hate, empowered by their communication tool the internet and focused on committing their evil endeavors while heading for hell as quickly as possible.

Jihad — another day.

Have a good afternoon, neverendinghunt.

[milford421]

You’re welcome.

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006157.html

25 July 2007
“jveritas claims another jihadi site takedown”

[Oorang]

No name yet, but a few additional details plus a (supposed) motive:

Breaking News: Man who missed Sea-Tac flight makes bomb threat
01:50 PM PDT on Wednesday, July 25, 2007

SEATAC, Wash. – A man who apparently missed his Northwest Airlines flight out of Sea-Tac Airport Wednesday afternoon told a gate agent that a bomb was on board. Flight 980 departed for Memphis, Tenn. at 12:33 p.m. It returned around 1:15 p.m.

An airport spokesperson says the man was apparently in the terminal when the plane left. Police doubt the validity of the claim, but the plane was turned around and the man was taken into custody as a precaution.

The man didn't have any luggage checked on the Airbus 320 and made his threat to a gate agent inside the airport after the plane was about six miles out.

http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_072507WAB_seatac_northwest_plane_bomb_TP.ae09a75d.html

[Cindy]

...and that is why everyone should be searched, in my opinion.

Now, for the name of “the man.”

[Cindy]

http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/27apr07/27apr07-salafy_forums.html

UPDATING Post no. 2078:

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006156.html

25 July 2007
Internet Haganah, 3 July 2007
AGITPROP - “Were the attacks in the UK justified?”

SNIPPET: “More significant than the site being on a server in New Jersey is the fact that al-Ommh is perhaps best representative of the emerging Palestinian component of the global jihad. Also note that the webmaster in question, when last we looked, was located in south Lebanon, in the vicinity of Sidon, and that he enjoys a close working relationship with elements of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, both in Lebanon and in the West Bank.”

Posted on 25 July 2007 @ 07:42

[Cindy]

QUOTE:

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006158.html

25 July 2007
“WHO ARE THE MAIN SERVICE PROVIDERS OF HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH, AND WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?”

[callmejoe]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

Breaking News:

Two senate office buildings being evacuated due to ‘smoke condition’

[Oorang]

Annie Jacobson has some interesting details on her site (link below) regarding the recent airline "dry runs":

SNIP:
(U//FOUO) Recent Suspicious Incidents:
(U//FOUO) Individuals involved in these incidents were of varying gender, and initial investigations do not link them with criminal or terrorist organizations. However, most passengers’ explanations for carrying the suspicious items were questionable, and some investigations are still ongoing. Many of the incidents caused airport terminal evacuations and at times, brief closures:

(U//FOUO) 5 July 2007, San Diego, CA–A U.S. Person’s (USPER) checked baggage contained two icepacks covered in duct tape. The icepacks had clay inside them rather than the normal blue gel.

(U//FOUO) 4 June 2007, Milwaukee, WI–The carry-on baggage of a USPER contained several items resembling IED components, such as a wire coil wrapped around a possible initiator, an electrical switch, batteries, three tubes, and two blocks of cheese.

(U//FOUO) 8 November 2006, Houston, TX–A USPER’s checked baggage contained a plastic bag with a 9-volt battery, wires, a block of brown clay-like minerals, and pipes.

(U//FOUO) 16 September 2006, Baltimore, MD–The checked baggage of a couple contained a plastic bag with a block of processed cheese taped to another plastic bag holding a cellular phone charger.

http://www.theaviationnation.com/

[Oorang]

It sure is becoming quite the busy day. Thanks Joe.

[Oorang]

JFK terror plot: US documents ready; charges re-read to Kadir, others
Tuesday, July 24th 2007

The United States Govern-ment yesterday indicated to the Port of Spain Magistrates' Court that it was ready to proceed with the extradition hearing against the two Guyanese and a Trinidadian indicted on six counts of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.

The men - Abdul Kadir, Abdel Nur and Kareem Ibrahim - yesterday appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates' Court before Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicholls and were formally served with an arrest warrant emanating from the US. The trio was originally arrested on a provisional arrest warrant provided by the US to the Trinidadian authorities. However, the US Government has since submitted the necessary documents relating to its request for the extradition of the men from T&T to face charges in New York. The indictments were also re-read to the men yesterday.

One of the attorneys for the suspects, Rajiv Persad, told Stabroek News yesterday that he was formally served with the records of the case on Friday. The records set out the US case against the men. The lawyer said he has indicated to the court that he needed time to study the records of the case before preparing his response. Yesterday both the defence and the prosecution agreed to commence the extradition hearing on August 6. Persad told Stabroek News that the time was adequate for him to prepare his submissions. He said the defence was prepared to launch an appeal if the ruling did not go in its favour.

Kadir, Nur and Ibrahim, along with Guyanese born US citizen, Russell Defreitas have been indicted by the US for plotting to blow up fuel tanks at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. While Defreitas has been arraigned in New York, the other three men are in Trinidad awaiting extradition.

The four men are facing six indictments ranging from conspiracy to attack a public transportation system, conspiracy to destroy buildings by fire or explosive, conspiracy to attack aircraft and aircraft materials, conspiracy to destroy international airport facilities, conspiracy to attack a mass transportation facility and unlawful and unauthorized surveillance of a mass transportation facility.

Last month, Kadir and his co-accused had applied for bail, but this was denied. During the hearing, the US Government revealed photographs of the ex-Linden mayor posing with what was said to be high-powered weapons. Through Senior Counsel Israel Khan, the US had accused Kadir of having ties to militants abroad and charged that he had volunteered to finance trips of the other plotters to the US. Khan said Kadir was the one who discussed meeting and involving the radical Jamaat al Muslimeen group of Trinidad to get financing and operational help.

According to the US indictment, Defreitas, a former JFK Airport worker was the progenitor of the plan and signalled his intentions to others, which eventually led to the plotters travelling to Guyana on several occasions and hatching elaborate plans including an intention to draft the Jamaat al-Muslimeen into the plan. Just days prior to the alleged plotters being arrested, several of them had travelled to Trinidad where the US is alleging that they held a meeting with Muslimeen officials. The US is also alleging that the plot had its beginnings in or about January 2006. According to the indictment, it began tapping directly into the plan in July that year when its informant or the `Source' met Defreitas at the Gertz Plaza Mall in Queens, New York on July 13.

The complaint characterized the `Source' as follows: "The (US) government has been working with the Source since 2004. The Source was convicted on federal drug trafficking and RICO charges in the Southern District of New York in 1996. The Source was also convicted on drug trafficking charges in New York Supreme Court in 2003. His sentence in that case is pending as part of his cooperation agreement with the government. In addition to the expectation of a reduced sentence in exchange for his cooperation, the Source also receives financial assistance. The Source has provided extremely credible information that has been corroborated by consensual recordings, e-mails, financial documents, surveillance and other records and information."

http://www.stabroeknews.com/index.pl/article_general_news?id=56525263

[Cindy]

Thanks to Calpernia for the ping to this thread.

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871546/posts

Ill. Student from N.J. Accused of Threatening Rampage
1010 WINS ^ | 7/25/07

Posted on 07/25/2007 2:19:38 PM PDT by milford421

“EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A Southern Illinois University student was arrested after authorities say he threatened a “murderous rampage’’ similar to the Virginia Tech shootings that left 32 people and the gunman dead.

A gun dealer had alerted federal authorities about the man, saying he had seemed overly anxious to get a shipment of semiautomatic weapons, according to an affidavit filed in court by a police detective.

Olutosin Oduwole was charged Tuesday with attempting to make a terrorist threat, a felony. He remained jailed Wednesday in lieu of $1 million bail.”

(Excerpt) Read more at 1010wins.com ...

[Cindy]

ADDING links to post no. 2116:

GOOGLE SUMMARY - QUOTE:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Olutosin+Oduwole%22&hl=en&start=10&sa=N&filter=0

Results 11 - 16 of 16 for “Olutosin Oduwole”. (0.01 seconds)
January

Summary: Warrant on Olutosin Oduwole for FTA/Contempt/Charging Service Phone W/O Authority, was recalled from Madison County Circuit Clerks Office. ...
www.siue.edu/POLICE/January.html - 87k - Cached - Similar pages
Gun-Lodge.com - Item: 3128 - Ends: Mon Jul 16, 8:20 PM - Colt ...
... 3 days of auction close, or item will be relisted. Make all payments out to Olutosin Oduwole Ltd. and send to 119 thompson street, Wood River, IL 62095. ...
www.gun-lodge.com/cgi-bin/ auction/view?cmd=view&listingID=3128 - 48k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
Item 867580906(S&W Smith & Wesson Model SW1911 45 ACP Stainless)
Send payment via money order/cashiers cheque to Olutosin oduwole Ltd. at 119 thompson street #43, Wood River, IL 62095. Shipping is free on this weapon. ...
https://www.isoldmygun.com/listings/ details/index.cfm?itemnum=867580906 - 24k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
Item 867582448(IMI - Magnum Research — MK VII - Desert Eagle - .)
Make payment via money order/cashiers cheque to Olutosin Oduwole Ltd. at 119 thompson street #43, Wood River, IL 62095. ...
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Item 867581815(Colt — Mod. R0653, Factory M16A1 Carb. w/M4A3 Upg)
Payment should be received within 5 days of close of auction to Olutosin Oduwole Ltd. at 119 thompson street #43, Wood River, IL 62095 start transfer ...
https://www.isoldmygun.com/listings/ details/index.cfm?itemnum=867581815 - 20k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
Item 867581815(Colt — Mod. R0653, Factory M16A1 Carb. w/M4A3 Upg)
Payment should be received within 5 days of close of auction to Olutosin Oduwole Ltd. at 119 thompson street #43, Wood River, IL 62095 start transfer ...
www.isoldmygun.com/listings/ details/index.cfm?itemnum=867581815 - 20k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

[SlowBoat407]

Thanks Cindy.

The good news just keeps on comin’!

[Cindy]

Bad guys do seem to be having a bit of a hassle, these days.

Smiling at you...

[Cindy]

ADDING 2 links to post no. 2116:

http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/US/07/25/student.arrested.ap/art.student.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/25/student.arrested.ap/

“Student threatened ‘murderous rampage,’ police say”
EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois (AP)