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CBS2’s Greg Mills reports that mosques in our area have gone on high alert. This is an important time for those of the Islamic faith. The 30 days of Ramadan are just beginning. “It’s a month where we try to be better versions of ourselves. Both mentally, spiritually and physically,” says Qureshi. The holiday begins under the dark cloud of their fellow worshipers who share their faith and those of other faiths. Imam Quereshi has talked about what he called people who are isolated and have murder in mind. The Islamic Center has been also reaching out to synagogues, churches...

A former commander of U.S. nuclear forces is leading a call for taking U.S. and Russian nuclear missiles off high alert, arguing that keeping them less ready for prompt launch would reduce the risk of miscalculation in a crisis. It also could keep a possible cyberattack from starting a nuclear war, he said, although neither Washington nor Moscow appears interested in negotiating an agreement to end the practice of keeping nuclear missiles on high alert. Retired Gen. James Cartwright said in an interview that “de-alerting” nuclear arsenals could foil cyber intruders by reducing the chance of firing a weapon in...

A suspicious vehicle is being investigated in downtown Kansas City after police said a man walked into a government building and said he was a terrorist. Kansas City police sent a robot to investigate the man's car Friday after a bomb-sniffing dog detected some sort of explosive in the vehicle. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/14/bomb-threat-reported-at-government-building-in-kansas-city/#ixzz26TVpmlWs

(IsraelNN.com) Acting on credible intelligence community warnings, Israel is on alert against a possible al-Qaeda attack using non-Arab terrorists. The move follows a 9/11 anniversary video in which acting al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri warns Israel may be among the terror organization’s next targets. The terror attack in Mike’s Pub in Tel Aviv, in 2003, was carried out by two terrorists who had little difficulty entering the country, using their British passports. Security agencies are now looking at such a scenario as being more likely than Arab terrorists seeking to strike out at an Israeli target. April 30, 2003 – A...

Security forces have completed their preparations to safeguard the country over the High Holidays. Thousand of police officers, Border Police soldiers and volunteers have spread out across the nation. Roadblocks have been set up at the entrances to all major cities and towns, and the closure imposed on the Palestinian territories remains in place, at least until the end of Yom Kippur. According to Army Radio, the security establishment has registered fifty terror alerts. Police will be working double shifts over the holidays and will secure places of entertainment. Police chief Insp.-Gen. Moshe Karadi has put out a call to...

Japan Raises Security Amid Troop Dispatch Saturday February 21, 2004 2:16 AM By KENJI HALL Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) - Japan tightened security at hundreds of airports, nuclear plants and government facilities Friday, dispatching armed riot police to guard against possible terror attacks as the country dispatches troops on a humanitarian mission to Iraq. A National Police Agency official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the heightened security but refused to say whether the government had new information about a possible terror strike. He said it was the highest show of security in Japan since the U.S.-led invasion of...

Japan on highest terror alert TOKYO - Japan raised its terror alert to its highest level yesterday. Heavily armed police were mobilised around airports, nuclear plants and government offices to guard against a possible attack, an official said. It was the first time the government had gone on such a heightened alert since the US-led military attack on Iraq last year. A National Police Agency official refused to say whether the government had new information about a possible terror strike. The official said riot police would guard Tokyo and Kansai international airports and nuclear power and reprocessing facilities

Israel remained on the highest state of alert for additional terror attacks Wednesday, a day after a Palestinian suicide bomber rushed into a trendy Jerusalem cafe in the city's German Colony neighborhood late Tuesday night and blew himself up, killing at least seven people and wounding four dozens others, in the second suicide bombing in the country in less than six hours. With scores of intelligence alerts over further bombings still in effect, including a large number for Jerusalem, police said Wednesday night that their forces nationwide would stay on 'red alert' for the immediate future. Jerusalem Police raised the...

A terror attack by suicide bombers on a target in London is now almost inevitable, Britain's most senior police off icer warned today. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens said the threat of a major attack had taken a "quantum leap" forward since the bombs in Saudi Arabia and Morocco earlier this year. He emphasised there was still no specific intelligence of an imminent atrocity, but said it was only a matter of time. Sir John, who has previously warned of the possibility of London being targeted by Islamic terrorists, issued the strongest warning yet of a possible suicide bombing....

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has raised its warning of possible terror attack against military facilities in the United States to its highest level, defense officials said on Wednesday. Responding to that change in threat from "significant" to "high," the military will deploy additional mobile anti-aircraft missile systems and increase air patrols in the Washington area, according to the officials, who asked not to be identified.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has raised its warning of possible terror attack against military facilities and bases in the United States to its highest level, defense officials said on Wednesday. Responding to a change in threat warning from "significant" to "high," the military has decided to deploy additional anti-aircraft missile systems and increase air patrols in the Washington area, according to the officials who asked not to be identified. The DIA warning was issued late on Tuesday as the U.S. government raised its general terror alert status to the second-highest level, citing the risk of attacks...

IDF anti-terror troops captured Tuesday night two Arab terrorists who were preparing to depart for suicide attacks. An explosives belt that was to be used by one of the Arabs was confiscated. The first arrest occurred at the IDF’s Tamun checkpoint, some 28 miles east of Netanya. The terror suspect was identified as Mohammed Besharat of the Islamic Jihad group. IDF Intelligence sources say that Besharat’s explosives belt was found several hours before his arrest. The belt included 15 explosive charges surrounded by over 1,000 nails, packed in to increase injury. The second arrest took place in the Nur a-Shams...

Britain is put on high alert for lone terrorists By John Steele, Crime Correspondent (Filed: 07/09/2002) Lone terrorists who want to exploit the anniversary of the September 11 hijacks by attacking British targets are being seen as a significant potential threat, intelligence chiefs have warned. They fear that unknown bombers or gunmen unconnected to major terrorist groups may be planning to strike. Suicide bombers are also a potential threat. Behind the police concern lie the cases of Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber", and Kerim Chatty, who is accused in Sweden of trying to hijack a Ryanair flight to London. Scotland...

SNIP...Palestinian sources said Thursday afternoon that Palestinian Authority security forces were on high alert and that all government and military buildings in the West Bank city of Ramallah were evacuated for fear of an IDF attack. The sources said all military facilities in Palestinian cities were evacuated, and that many citizens bought food and emergency supplies in preparation of a long siege by Israel. The sources added that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat told his aides that he feared for his life, because Sharon was showing signs that he wanted to harm him personally. The Qatari television station Al Jazzera reported...

Look at all Them Pretty Colors! I miss the days when the length of beeps on my TV told me there was some sort of threat to my life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Sigh, those were innocent times. Now Governor Ridge (Governor? Isn't he Director of Homeland Security? The man needs two jobs?) comes up with a brand new color-coded system. Seems he was doing arts-and-crafts with some color paper when he suddenly got inspired. Let's see what these levels of danger would be for select politicians: Low Condition - Green Bill Clinton: Hillary's not around. Engage Thrusters! Tom...