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As I walked into the department this bright brisk morning, coffee cheerily in hand, the live global seismogram display in the atrium caught my eye with an alarming event that had just happened during my bike ride into work. *gasp* that looks bad *gasp* that looks bad BIG earthquake, somewhere in the vicinity of Central/Southern Asia. Indeed, an earthquake deep (>200 km) beneath the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan had shaken a huge swath of Central and South Asia. The great depth of the earthquake meant less extreme shaking at the epicenter (nobody lives closer than 212 km from the...

The attack Friday at a Tunisian beach resort killed at least 18 Britons, but officials said Monday the actual number was likely to be 30. That would make it by far the deadliest terrorist attack on Britons since the London transport bombings 10 years ago. Yet it was just one of three terrorist attacks on three continents that followed one another in frightening succession last week. While it is not yet known whether the attacks were linked, they have left officials in numerous countries concerned about how to keep their citizens safe. Not long after that, a bomb ripped through...

Photo #1. Somewhere on planet Earth a USAF C-141B Starlifter Cargo and Troop Transport lights up the sky with a spectacular and awesome flare release. USAF Image ID: 021205-O-9999G-017. PhotographerSenior Airman Greg Davis, United States Air Force Courtesieshttp://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/021205-O-9999G-017.jpghttp://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20060914.htm (photo as sized above, ALT text, caption info) Photo #2. Italy, August 28, 2006: A Member of Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit Eight (EODMU-8) practices static line parachute proficiency operations with combat equipment on board Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy. USN Image ID: 060828-N-3572Z-025. PhotographerMass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad Zenthoefer, United States Navy Courtesieshttp://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=38550 (caption)http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060828-N-3572Z-025.jpghttp://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20060905.htm (picture as sized above, ALT text)...

A gunbattle has erupted in Kuwait after police raided a building where militants were believed to be hiding. Police cordoned off an area of the city, from where gunfire and small explosions were heard, reports say. Details of the incident remain limited, although one witness told the AFP news agency the shooting began at 0930 (0630 GMT) on a main street. There has been a spate of violence in Kuwait which some say is linked to militants connected to al-Qaeda.

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/30/03 - Baghdad, Az Zubaya, Basra, Kuwait City Baghdad - Iraqis Kill their Own, then Blame it on the Coalition Az Zubaya - A new lawman is in town Az Zubaya - Aid is distributed Az Zubaya - Freed Iraqis. A new generation of Freed women and children Az Zubaya - Iraqis link al Qaeda and Saddam Battle for Basra - Freed Iraqis Run for the Lives Under Coalition Cover Exodus from Saddam's Basra - Iraqis Kill their Own Yet Again Basra - Saddam's paramilitary mortar and machine guns against Iraqis Basra...

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait -- A large explosion shook a downtown Kuwait City shopping mall during the early morning hours Saturday Kuwaiti time. Television footage showed a large, billowing cloud of smoke over the city. An official, who would not allow himself to be identified, said the explosion was heard at one of Kuwait's largest malls shortly before 2 a.m. (6 p.m. EST Friday). It was not immediately clear if the explosion was caused by a missile or if there were casualties. If a missile caused the blast, it would be the first time since the start of the war in...

Wolf Blitzer reporting an explosion in Kuwait City. Not a missle.

<p>KUWAIT CITY. -- Anyone who doubts capitalism is man's natural condition should test Adam Smith's precepts in the ultimate statist environment: a national war mobilization.</p> <p>Here in Kuwait City, where the government is allowing hundreds of thousands of fighting men to stage an invasion of Iraq, we are within easy missile range of Saddam's forces.</p>

Kuwait City (CNSNews.com) - Explosions were heard in downtown Kuwait City Thursday, removing hopes that this city was immune to the fighting in southern Iraq. Air raid sirens blared at 11:32 a.m. local time (3:32 a.m. EST) and were followed minutes later by the sound of two explosions near downtown. A local police officer said it was believed a missile of unknown origin had been fired toward Kuwait, but fell short, landing in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Kuwait City. An official with the Kuwait Information Ministry who did not identify himself said there were no casualties...

Missiles fired at Kuwait had no chem/bio agents -TV KUWAIT, March 20 (Reuters) - Two missiles that hit Kuwait on Thursday were not carrying unconventional material, Kuwait state television reported. An interior ministry official confirmed to Reuters that investigations so far had shown the missiles were not carrying chemical or biological materials. There were no immediate reports of injuries in the missile strikes, which hit near the Mutlaa Ridge area north of the town of Jahra. "It looks like a Chinese-made surface-to-surface missile, porobably fired from (Iraq's) al-Faw peninsula," a Kuwaiti defence official said. "It seems they were trying to...

Watching Fox News right now - reporter in his gas mask, Ollie North in mask on the front - more to come.

Kuwaiti TV reporting 3-tonne Iraqi medium range missiles with conventional warheads have hit Kuwait.

<p>KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (CNN) -- Winds over the Kuwaiti desert have blown up a gritty sandstorm that has reduced visibility to just a few meters and may impact on invasion plans for the U.S.-led war against Iraq.</p> <p>The driving winds and sand was described as fierce, CNN correspondents embedded with U.S. troops in the region said.</p>

KUWAIT CITY -- Ali Khalifa Sabah, this country's former minister of oil and finance, arrives for a meeting Wednesday night in the midst of a blinding sandstorm. "God must be Iraqi, or French," he jokes. A former Saudi diplomat calls puckishly from Jiddah on Wednesday to say that at last he understands America's real aim in the war with Iraq. "Your goal is to topple Tony Blair," he deadpans. These humorous comments, at a time when the world is facing a deadly serious diplomatic crisis, illustrate something I have discovered in my recent travels in the Middle East: The closer...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 12/8/02 - Part 2 - Kuwait, Baghdad, Tehran, Towaitha, Tokyo BREAKING: Kuwait - $$addam apologizes BREAKING: Baghdad, Iraq - More on the Iraqi spurious document release BREAKING: Tehran, Iran - Riots against the Mullahs BREAKING: Tokyo, Japan - Junket rather than immediate Document review BREAKING: Towaitha, Iraq - inspection ========= Kuwait ========= In Kuwait, Camp New York, and thereabouts, US Army combat forces watch and exercise. ========= Kuwait City ========= In Kuwait City, Kuwaitis watched Iraq's al-Sahaf read a speech by Terrorist/Murderer Saddam Hussein apologizing for his invasion of Kuwait in 1990....