Explosive found at Midvale

A calm and quiet Westwood was briefly disrupted Friday afternoon when the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad inspected and detonated an explosive device found within the Midvale Plaza apartment complex on the 500 block of Midvale Avenue.

After responding to a call made at 11:13 a.m., the bomb squad arrived at 527 Midvale Ave. to find “an improvised explosive device” in the building’s open-air courtyard, said Grace Brady, a spokeswoman for the LAPD.

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Explosives Found Near Tech Dorms

Three explosive devices found in a courtyard between two Georgia Tech dormitories on the East Campus Monday morning were part of a “terrorist act,” an Atlanta police official said.

One of the devices exploded, injuring the custodian who found them inside a plastic bag. Two others were detonated by a bomb squad.

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Subway Terror Threat: Is an Attack Imminent?

According to information gathered, the target date for a possible terror attack on New York subways is this Sunday, Oct. 9. Yet, American officials cannot seem to agree if that gathered information is credible.

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3rd Suspect Nabbed in Subway Terror Plot

The investigation into an alleged plot to bomb the city’s subway moved forward on several fronts Friday as a third suspect was arrested in Iraq and authorities looked into whether a fourth person had traveled to New York as part of the scheme, officials said.

A law enforcement official familiar with the case said the man’s trip to New York was described by an informant who had spent time in Afghanistan and proved reliable in past investigations.

“He’s been a source of multiple correct information in the past,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the continuing investigation. “Does that mean a fourth person he identified is in fact in New York? We don’t know that.”

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Suspicious Soda Found At Penn Station

A portion of New York’s Pennsylvania Station was sealed off this morning, closing the portion of the station where Amtrak trains operate, police said. A suspicious soda with a green substance oozing from it has been removed from the scene. Reports from the scene is that everything is back to normal.

U.S. Snags Al Qaeda No. 2’s Letter to Zarqawi

The United States has intercepted a letter from the No. 2 Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri to the terror network’s leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The letter says that Muslim terrorists have developed a detailed plan for creating an Islamic state centered on Iraq and including neighboring countries as well as the destruction of Israel.

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Oklahoma bombing search warrant sealed

The warrant used to execute a search of Oklahoma University bomber Joel “Henry” Hinrichs III’s apartment, where an undetermined amount of explosives were found, has been sealed by a federal court at the request of the Justice Department.

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High risk of nuke terror this month, says expert

The threat of an al-Qaida nuclear terrorist attack on the U.S. is especially this month during the Islamic world’s Ramadan observances, suggests an expert on the network’s “American Hiroshima” plot.

Paul Williams, author of “The Al-Qaeda Connection,” says Osama bin Laden’s promise of a major “Ramadan Offensive” and a 10-year effort to acquire nuclear weapons and deliver them inside the U.S. for an attack on seven major cities, raises the specter of an imminent “nuclear hell storm.”

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Police Investigate New York Subway Terror Threat

The New York Police Department and FBI are investigating a “credible” tip that 19 operatives have been deployed to the city to place bombs in the subway, and security in the subways has been increased.

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Update:The New York City Police Department is investigating what it deems a credible tip that 19 operatives have been deployed to New York to place bombs in the subway, and security in the subways will be increased.

From ABC News According to sources in intelligence, emergency services and police headquarters, when three Iraqi insurgents were arrested several days ago during a raid by a joint FBI-CIA team, one of those caught disclosed the threat. Because it slipped out during the arrest, the plot was deemed credible. After several days of work, sources said, the NYPD is increasingly concerned because it has been unable to discredit the initial source and additional information from the source. The 19 operatives were to place improvised explosive devices in the subways using briefcases, according to two sources.

Subway security boosted in response to threat

A “credible threat” to the subway system has prompted a vast mobilization of police officers, officials said Thursday.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared at a news conference alongside Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly in which they announced the threat, which they said originated overseas.

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REPORT:Oklahoma Bomber Involved In Plot Gone Awry-Others Possibly Involved

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Bomber’s Roommate Held Briefly After Attack

The Pakistani roommate of a man authorities said died when he detonated an explosive device outside a crowded football stadium was led in handcuffs from a party shortly after Saturday’s explosion, the head of an Islamic student group said.

Fazal M. Cheema, a finance major, shared a university-owned apartment with Joel Hinrichs III, 21, who died Saturday when a device attached to his body exploded as he sat on a bench outside George Lynn Cross Hall.
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ABC News: Espionage Case Breaches the White House

Both the FBI and CIA are calling it the first case of espionage in the White House in modern history.

Officials tell ABC News the alleged spy worked undetected at the White House for almost three years. Leandro Aragoncillo, 46, was a U.S. Marine most recently assigned to the staff of Vice President Dick Cheney.

Oklahoma Suicide Bomber Tried To Buy Ammonium Nitrate

UPDATE: Channel 9 News in Oklahoma confirms the bomber, Joel Hinrichs had an unnamed Pakistani Roommate and several times visited the same mosque as Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person ever charged in connection with 9/11. Law enforcement continues to investigate and is attempting to track Hinrichs movements and whereabouts over the past several months.

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The general manager of a Norman feed store said Tuesday that Joel Henry Hinrichs III had inquired about purchasing a significant amount of ammonium nitrate, the primary ingredient used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Dustin Ellison, the general manager of Ellison Feed & Seed on Porter Avenue, said that a man matching Hinrichs’ description had come into the store days before he blew himself up on OU’s campus. Ellison said the man asked about ammonium nitrate, but couldn’t offer a reason why he needed it.

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