Nuke terror set for Ramadan?
September 29, 2005
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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?
September 29, 2005
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’
September 28, 2005
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
September 23, 2005
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
September 20, 2005
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
September 20, 2005
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
September 20, 2005
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
September 17, 2005
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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
September 16, 2005
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
September 15, 2005
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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