http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
“Worldwide Caution”
January 17, 2008
SNIPPET: “This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world. American citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness. “
IRANIAN forces were involved in the recent battle for Basra, General David Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq, is expected to tell Congress this week.
Military and intelligence sources believe Iranians were operating at a tactical command level with the Shi’ite militias fighting Iraqi security forces; some were directing operations on the ground, they think.
This may be a fatal flaw on Iran's part, direct participation may be just the final justification for a US strike.
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Apr 6, 2008 9:24 | Updated Apr 6, 2008 16:18
“’Head of Mughniyeh probe under arrest’”
By JPOST.COM STAFF
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Head of Syrian military intelligence Maj.-Gen. Assef Shawkat has been put under heavily-guarded house arrest following the assassination of Hizbullah terror chief Imad Mughniyeh, former Syrian vice president Abdel Halim Khaddam was quoted as saying Sunday.
Khaddam, who was a close ally of former Syrian president Hafez Assad, told the Lebanese newspaper Al-Mustaqbal that the arrest was made after Shawkat claimed the probe he was conducting into Mughniyeh’s death showed that the assassins came from Syria.
“Following this revelation, Shawkat was removed from the investigation which was transferred to [Syrian President Bashar Assad’s cousin] Hafez Mahlof, who mulled over who to accuse in the assassination,” said Khaddam.
Khaddam asserted that Assad therefore used the assassination to bring about the dismissal of Shawkat, his bother-in-law, and the appointment of Mahlof.
Khaddam went on to say that Syria’s attempts to put the blame for killing Mughniyeh on Arab intelligence services were “stupid” and “naive.”
“The Syrian regime tried to exert pressure on several Arab countries, to blackmail them and force them to participate in the Arab Summit in Damascus,” claimed Khaddam.
The former Syrian vice president noted that Mughiyeh managed to hide for 25 years from foreign intelligence agencies, from his associates in Hizbullah and from his neighbors. “During that time, he was subjected to Iranian and Syrian monitoring, so how is it possible that Arab agencies were involved in the assassination?”
On Sunday, Syria is set to announce the results of the probe into Mughniyeh’s death.”
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A person, identified as FA, and who was earlier arrested for possessing 50 CDs containing inflammatory material and calls for Jihad, besides photos of Kuwaiti fugitive Khaled Al-Dousari, will be released, reports Al-Rai daily. F.A was arrested in Khaitan a few days ago and was referred to the State Security.
Islam's place in the US brings cheers, jeers at Edison debate
“Al Qaeda, Hamas or Hezbollah or Islamic Jihad, when they attack innocent people outside of that occupied territories, when they go overseas and bomb and do things, whoever does that is a criminal...,” Al-Darsani said.
“Every country has the right to defend itself, and every people has the right to resist,” he added, but countered it by saying “radicalism … is well outside the parameters of Islam.”
Al-Darsani advocated for “an end of Islam-related labels to describe terrorists,” which he said makes American Muslims an “open target.”
Study examines psychological impact of terrorism alerts
According to George S. Everly Jr., a psychologist with the Bloomberg School's Center for Public Health Preparedness, "With regard to New Jersey law enforcement, we did not find any evidence to support the concern that elevating the alert status places undue stress on those receiving the alert."