Nuke terror set for Ramadan?

If al-Qaida has its way, the next terrorist attack on the United States a “nuclear hell storm” planned for seven major cities is set to occur next month during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

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Osama heading for Iraq?

Al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, is headed for Iraq to boost his network’s standing as it embarks on an “offensive whose scale and importance rival September 9/11,” a media report said.

Coded electronic signals intercepted in recent days among Al-Qaeda’s Middle Eastern elements across secret Internet sites carry the message that the terror network’s supreme leader has come out of his hiding in Afghanistan and has set out, or is about to set out, for Iraq, Debkafile, a weekly, known for investigative journalism reported.

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Authorities arrest suspected ‘FedEx bandit’

The robber known as the “FedEx bandit” has been arrested, ending a two-year spree that included more than 40 bank robberies, authorities said Tuesday.

A bank surveillance photo released by police shows the “FedEx bandit.”
The 40-year-old man was arrested Monday while trying to cross the Mexican border at San Ysidro with a counterfeit ID card, authorities said.

They initially identified him as Ernest Lozano, but it turned out that was the assumed name of a dead U.S. resident. He was then identified as Farzad Naroii, but an investigation then determined his real name was Farhad Farhbaksh, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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FBI: ‘Jihad’ prevented in Los Angeles

Three men charged in a terror investigation were planning shooting rampages at Los Angeles-area military sites to retaliate for what they called the oppression of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to court documents.

The men were indicted last month on federal charges of conspiring to wage war against the U.S. government through terrorism. All three — Levar H. Washington, 25, Gregory V. Patterson, 21, and Hammad R. Samana, 21 — have pleaded not guilty

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Russia’s Loose Nukes Said to Pose ‘Catastrophic Threat’ to US

The threat of Russian nuclear materials falling into the hands of terrorists is the “most catastrophic threat facing America,” national security expert Robert Boorstin warned Wednesday in urging the Bush administration to take more aggressive action to secure the Russian nukes.

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Fatal explosion was no accident, authorities suspect

A drilling rig explosion that killed two workers and injured a third might not have been an accident, authorities said Monday.

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Suspicious Activity by Two Men of Middle Eastern Origin Near Water Treatment Plant

While most eyes are on the southern border of the U.S., there appears to be a great deal of activity taking place along the U.S. Canadian border on a regular basis.

Investigators at the Northeast Intelligence Network have received several reports of at least one major incident that took place on Grand Island %u2013 near a water treatment facility about two weeks ago. Investigators have verified separate accounts that appear to relate to the same incident, although were witnessed by several residents of Grand Island, a small land mass situated between the U.S. and Canada, north of Buffalo, NY and south of Niagara Falls. The Niagara River separates the U.S. from Canada, and numerous residences are located on the waterfront.

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Hijacked Plane Crashes in New Zealand Harbor

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A light aircraft, hijacked by a pilot who threatened to crash it into New Zealand’s highest building in Auckland, has plunged into the city’s harbor, radio reports said on Saturday.

Radio New Zealand said the 1,140 feet Sky Tower was evacuated after threats were made by the pilot, who it said had stolen the plane from a local airport south of Auckland.

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Student Arrested After Pilot Uniform Found

Was Mahmoud Maawad a University of Memphis student and pilot-wannabe with a passion for flying small planes or an Arab terrorist looking to duplicate the suicide missions of 9/11?

Federal prosecutors in Memphis aren%u2019t saying, but on Thursday they asked a U.S. magistrate to hold Maawad, 29, whose email logon is %u201Cpilot747,%u201D without bond until trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Thomas Anderson agreed with Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Parker, and Maaward becomes the second Memphis resident of Arab descent to be held without bond because of investigations by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. In April, Rafat Mawlawi was jailed in a separate investigation in which prosecutors have linked him to Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaida. He is awaiting trial on October 3rd.

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Mice Infected With Bubonic Plague Missing

Three mice infected with the bacteria responsible for bubonic plague apparently disappeared from a laboratory about two weeks ago, and authorities launched a search though health experts said there was scant public risk.

The mice were unaccounted-for at the Public Health Research Institute, which is on the campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and conducts bioterrorism research for the federal government.

Federal official said the mice may never be accounted for. Among other things, the rodents may have been stolen, eaten by other lab animals or just misplaced in a paperwork error.

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Bush questions U.S. readiness

President Bush today expressed concern about whether or not the U.S. is adequately prepared to respond to a terrorist attack on American soil.

Meeting at the White House with the president of Iraq, Bush responded to a reporter’s question about the nation’s readiness in view of mistakes made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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Large Portion of Los Angeles Loses Power

A major portion of Los Angeles (search) lost power Monday afternoon and officials said early indications were that a power line was accidentally cut. Outages were reported from downtown to the coast and north into the San Fernando Valley (search), according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. A Los Angeles Fire Department official said it appeared a line somehow had been cut.

Terrorism was not suspected, according to police Sgt. Catherine Plows, though the Los Angeles Police Department went on “full tactical alert,” meaning no officers were allowed to leave duty.

Traffic was snarled at intersections throughout the city when stoplights went dark.

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Four Terrorists Arrested in Terror Conspiracy

Four men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Santa Ana California for their suspected terrorist plot to attack US military installations, Israeli government facilities and Jewish synagogues in the Los Angeles area, according to the US Department of Justice.

The seditious conspiracy charged in the indictment, which also included nearly a dozen gas station robberies intended to raise money for the terrorist operation, was allegedly headed by an inmate at California State Prison-Sacramento. Prison inmate Kevin James founded a radical Islamic organization known as Jam’iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh, or JIS. Recruitment of terrorists in the conspiracy began in prison, according to the indictment. Upon being released from prison, defendant Levar Washington then allegedly recruited other co-conspirators to plot terrorist acts and commit armed robberies.

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Al-Qaeda Sets 24 Hour Deadline for a Chemical Attack

As the US and Iraqi forces continue their week long occupation in Tel Afer, an al-Qaeda linked organization has threatened for a chemical attack if the operation is not ended within 24 hours.

An Internet notice from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi from the Iraqi division of al-Qaeda and other organizations like Ansar al-Sunnah said, If the Tel Afer operation does not end in 24 hours, Ceyh al-Taif al-Mansura military office has decided to organize attacks towards important and strategic targets of the occupation and Iraqi forces using chemical weapons developed by the Mujaheeden.

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