Looters Take To Streets; Martial Law Declared
August 31, 2005
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Looters in New Orleans are taking advantage of the destruction from Hurricane Katrina.
At a Walgreens drug store in the French Quarter Tuesday morning, people were running out with grocery baskets and coolers full of soft drinks, chips and diapers.
When police finally showed up, a young boy stood at the door and shouted a warning — and the crowd scattered.
A tourist from Philadelphia compared the scene to “downtown Baghdad.”
Nearby, looters ripped open the steel gates from the front of stores on Canal Street.
They filled industrial-sized garbage cans with clothing and jewelry and floated them down the street on bits of plywood and insulation.
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Four Men Indicted for Alleged Terror Plot in Southland
August 31, 2005
A federal Grand Jury in Los Angeles today indicted four men %u2014 including the leader of a state prison gang %u2014 for allegedly plotting a harrowing string of attacks against U.S. military facilities, synagogues and other sites in Southern California as part of a terrorist “war” by Islamic extremists.
The 15-page indictment accuses Kevin Lamar James, 29, Levar Haney Washington, 25, Gregory Vernon Patterson, 21, and Hammad Riaz Samana, 21, of plotting the attacks, using guns and explosives, to “maximize the number of casualties to be inflicted.”
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Bands Of Gunmen Roaming New Orleans
August 31, 2005
The top Homeland Security official in New Orleans said bands of gunmen are roaming through New Orleans.
Terry Ebbert said looters have been breaking into stores all over town to steal guns. The Times-Picayune newspaper reported that the gun section at a new Wal-Mart has been cleaned out. And the thieves are apparently using their new guns, with shots heard through the night.
Guns aren’t the only things drawing the thieves. People commandeered a forklift in high ground to lift storm shutters and break the glass of a Rite-Aid pharmacy. A crowd stormed the store, carrying ice, water and food.
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‘Millions could die in next terror attack
August 27, 2005
An international conference of military surgeons in South Africa today heard a warning that millions could die in the next terrorist attack and that the U.S. is ill prepared for the threat of nuclear, biological and chemical attacks.
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Meet al-Qaida’s nuke trigger man
August 25, 2005
Meet al-Qaida’s nuke trigger man
Meet Adnan el-Shukrijumah the man behind al-Qaida’s “American Hiroshima” nuclear terrorism plot against the U.S.
You won’t see his face on “America’s Most Wanted.” You won’t see investigative reports on him on “60 Minutes.” You won’t even be cautioned by the government about this point man for Osama bin Laden whose whereabouts are unknown.
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U.S. Says Terrorists May Pose As Vagrants
August 22, 2005
Asking for increased vigilance in the wake of the London bombings, the government is warning that terrorists may pose as vagrants to conduct surveillance of buildings and mass transit stations to plot future attacks.
“In light of the recent bombings in London, it is crucial that police, fire and emergency medical personnel take notice of their surroundings, and be aware of ‘vagrants’ who seem out of place or unfamiliar,” said the message, distributed via e-mail to some federal employees in Washington by the U.S. Attorney’s office.
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Nerve gas attack thwarted
August 21, 2005
Scotland Yard believes it has thwarted an al-Qaeda nerve gas attack aimed at ministers and MPs in the British Parliament.
The plot, hatched last year, is understood to have been discovered in coded emails on computers seized from terror suspects in Britain and Pakistan.
Police and MI5 later identified an al-Qaeda cell that had carried out extensive research and video-recorded reconnaissance missions in preparation for the terror attack.
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Al-Qaeda Has Infiltrated US Trucking Industry
August 21, 2005
“The safety of the nation”s logistics industry and the security of the entire country has been seriously compromised by our failure to provide finger print screening for all Commercial Driver (CDL) applicants,” states Terry M. Evans, CEO of Fleet Defender Consulting Services, LLC, a private company providing anti-terrorism consulting to trucking companies. “Without question, terrorists, convicted felons and other undesirables are traveling the country, legally driving 80,000 lb. big rigs throughout every community in America. We have quite literally made our highways a welcome mat for terrorism.”
Given that trucks are the number one tool used by terrorist worldwide, the prospect that anyone can gain access to a tractor trailer is particularly chilling.
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Missile Attacks Target U.S. Vessel, Israel
August 19, 2005
One of three missiles fired from Jordan (search) narrowly missed a U.S. Navy ship docked at port on Friday but the attack left one Jordanian soldier dead and another wounded.
A group linked to Al Qaeda claimed responsibility in an Internet statement. The statement purportedly from the Abdullah Azzam Brigades could not immediately be verified.
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US warns of new attacks on U.S. & London
August 13, 2005
U.S. intelligence chiefs have warned that Al-Qaeda terrorists are plotting to drive hijacked fuel tankers into petrol stations in an effort to cause mass casualties in London and US cities in the next few weeks.
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