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Secret Service Investigating Alleged Bush Threat— WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service said on Sunday it had no comment on a report that a trucker had been arrested outside Chattanooga, Tennessee after allegedly threatening President Bush. "The Secret Service is conducting an investigation and due to there being an active, ongoing investigation, I can't make any further comment about it," said a Secret Service official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Cable News Network reported the man told police he had a 3,000-pound bomb "... and the president has problems," in a telephone conversation that led to his apprehension...

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Sources: Fort Dix Suspects Talked Of Exploding Tanker Trucks POSTED: 5:25 pm EDT May 9, 2007 UPDATED: 7:41 pm EDT May 9, 2007 NEW YORK -- The suspected Fort Dix plotters had originally discussed crashing and exploding tanker trucks into buildings to cause mass casualties, law enforcement sources have told NewsChannel 4. Investigators said the suspects were recorded talking about obtaining licenses to drive trucks ranging from gasoline tankers to those that carry other hazardous materials. Law enforcement sources told WNBC.com's Jonathan Dienst that the suspects dropped that idea early on because with three men being in the United States...

IT WAS the first night of Ramadan and Abdullah was fast asleep on the soft desert sand by his fuel tanker when he was woken by a cold gun barrel poking into his neck. “Bandits,” he thought with a flash of fear as a pair of knees pinned his chest to the ground. Blinded by panic, he tried to struggle away before the gun could be fired. But to his surprise, his assailant turned him over roughly and tied his hands behind his back before hauling him off behind a nearby sand dune. Then, in the moonlight, he caught his ...

Federal agents contend that a Pennsylvania man tried to work with al Qaeda in a plot to blow up the Alaska pipeline, another pipeline in Pennsylvania and a refinery in New Jersey, according to a published report. Michael Curtis Reynolds, 47, has not officially been charged with terrorism, but a prosecutor at a hearing said that Reynolds tried to "provide material aid to al Qaeda" and that the case "involves a federal offense of terrorism," The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in its Sunday editions. CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston reports that a tip from Shannen Rossmiller - a judge from Conrad,...

For discussion and educational purposes, onlyPALM COAST, Fla. -- A tanker carrying 7,500 gallons of fuel exploded on Interstate 95 in Flagler County late Monday, forcing authorities to close all southbound lanes of the highway.The driver of the tanker, Wayne McNeil, said he was cut off by a car while traveling on I-95 between Palm Coast Parkway and U.S. 1 Monday night. McNeil said he lost control and rolled the tanker.The vehicle, carrying 7,500 gallons of fuel, quickly caught fire, according to the report.A motorist noticed the cash (sic) and pulled McNeil out of the tanker's cab minutes before it...

Tanker Fire Closes BQE Truck Overturns, Spills Fuel Oil(CBS) QUEENS A tanker truck overturned on the BQE, spilling 8,000 gallons of fuel oil. The truck is fully engulfed in flames. Smoke is visible from as far away as New Jersey. The BQE is closed in both directions at Broadway in Jackson Heights. There is no official word on any injuries. Chopper 2 is on its way and will have live pictures from the scene. WCBSTV.Com will bring you more details as they become available.

FBI: Terror suspect plotted fuel attackAl-Marabh planned to blow up tunnelJail informant reported `martyr' bid JOHN SOLOMONASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Nabil al-Marabh, who ran a print shop with his uncle in Toronto, plotted to steal a fuel tanker truck and blow it up in one of the heavily travelled tunnels between New Jersey and Manhattan, FBI documents allege. Al-Marabh, 36, was arrested Sept. 19, 2001, in Chicago in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. His arrest prompted an RCMP raid of his uncle's copy shop on Charles St. in Toronto. The U.S. deported him...

LAREDO, Texas - Two propane-delivery trucks were found Wednesday after being stolen from a gas company over the weekend, a theft that raised fears of what could happen if terrorists got hold of the explosive fuel. The trucks were found on a highway just outside of Laredo, San Antonio police spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez said. She did not know whether the trucks were still carrying the fuel. An FBI (news - web sites) spokesman in Laredo did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. Police Chief Albert Ortiz said Tuesday that his department does not suspect that terrorism was behind...

Terroristwarning.com Urgent Alert + Headlines 06/02/2004 # 1 TEXAS - Sometime between May 26 and May 31 two fully loaded propane trucks, with about 5600 gallons of propane, were reportedly stolen in San Antonio. In a seperate incident 15 cylindrical tanks were also reportedly stolen. According to news reports the missing trucks are blue Kenworth model T-30 tractors. One has license plate number 8WX-W38 and the number D112 on the hood. The other has plate number 7FF-R20 and B889 on the hood. If you see these vehicles DO NOT APPROACH THEM, instead call 911 and report them to local authorities...

Propane thefts fuel caution Web Posted: 06/02/2004 12:00 AM CDT Tracy Idell Hamilton Express-News Staff Writer Police and the FBI are searching for two fully loaded propane trucks stolen over Memorial Day weekend from an East Side gas company. The theft of more than a dozen flammable gas tanks at a downtown medical outfit during the same period has law enforcement reacting with caution, but authorities do not believe the two crimes are related or that the thefts are linked to terrorism. (Jerry Lara / Staff) San Antonio Police Chief Albert Ortiz (right) answers questions with FBI Special Agent in...

Two propane-delivery trucks were stolen from a San Antonio gas company over the long holiday weekend, city police said Tuesday. But Police Chief Albert Ortiz said his department does not suspect that terrorism was behind the fuel thefts. One of the tankers carried about 3,000 gallons of propane, while the other held 2,600 gallons, police said. Also under investigation is the weekend theft of 15 gas canisters from an ambulance supply company. "We think it is just a coincidence at this point," Ortiz said, who appeared at a Tuesday news conference with the head of the local FBI office. He...

<p>Wednesday, June 2, 2004 SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) -- FBI agents in Texas issued a nationwide alert Tuesday for two stolen propane tanker trucks, laden with thousands of gallons of the volatile liquefied gas.</p>

I have waited and looked around and did not see this posted. NYPD and the FBI have found 5 empty identical suitcases in 5 different locations around NYC. Subway station, Penn Station, 2 government buildings and a sidewalk. Also missing is a huge fuel tanker truck out of New Jersey that has vanished and was full. This story was mentioned in the last hour...anyone catch it? The Fed's are thinking this might be a test run for terrorists to see what the response time would be to suitcases being left and found in a location ala Spain attacks. They also...

<p>SOMEONE made a 44-foot gasoline tanker disappear from a South Jersey parking lot earlier this month. And it wasn't magician David Copperfield.</p> <p>According to the FBI and a New Jersey state coun- terterrorism team, the stolen vehicle (New Jersey license plates: T852SC) can hold 9,200 gallons of fuel. It was empty when it vanished from the TK Transport Terminal in Pennsauken, N.J., around April 8. The state counterterrorism office informed me this week that they have "nothing new to report" on the case.</p>

<p>PENNSAUKEN, N.J. (AP) — A gasoline tanker truck has been missing from a Pennsauken parking lot for more than a week, sending local officials and the FBI scrambling.</p> <p>The New Jersey Office of Counterterrorism has asked all the state's law enforcement agencies to look for the truck.</p>