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  • EXCLUSIVE: Laser horror as attempts to blind pilots puts UK passengers at risk

    09/28/2013 7:45:21 PM PDT · by MeshugeMikey · 58 replies
    espress.co.uk ^ | Teds Jeory
    THOUSANDS of planes coming in to land at Britain’s busiest airports are being endangered by a wave of potentially deadly laser attacks from the ground. Police helicopters chasing criminals over densely populated areas are also regularly hit. In most cases the beams are being shone by mindless youths, but pilots and security experts worry terrorists could also use them.
  • U.S. nabs al-Qaida Web site producer (Good Article)

    10/16/2005 4:32:26 PM PDT · by jmc1969 · 70 replies · 2,662+ views
    NBC News ^ | October 16 2005 | Ashraf al-Taie
    The Web site run by al-Qaida in Iraq was strangely quiet during the referendum. There were no threats against voters, no boasts of disrupting the vote. And now we know one reason why. Dijana was responsible for much of what has appeared on the Web site called "al-Qaida in Iraq," including provocative videos of suicide bombings and crucial communications to al-Qaida fighters. Here is how the al-Qaida site works: On any given day in any of a dozen cities, a suicide bomb explodes. The target is an American convoy, local Iraqi police or perhaps civilians exiting a mosque. Within minutes,...