Powder found at UT might not be poison
February 26, 2006
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A mysterious whitish-brown powder found in a roll of quarters in a dormitory room on the University of Texas campus might not be the poison ricin after all.
A preliminary test by the Texas Department of State Health Services laboratory in Austin returned a positive result for the potentially fatal substance, prompting an evacuation of the Moore-Hill residence hall, an investigation by the FBI and worries of a link to terrorism.
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Al-Qaida Claims Attack on Saudi Refinery
February 25, 2006
Suicide bombers carried out a bold attack on the world’s largest oil processing facility Friday but were stopped from breaking in by guards who fired on their cars, exploding both vehicles and killing the attackers.
Al-Qaida purportedly claimed responsibility for the attack, the first on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia. The assault raised speculation that the militants were adopting the tactics of insurgents across the border in Iraq, where the oil industry has been repeatedly targeted.
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Ricin Found in University of Texas Dorm
February 25, 2006
A substance found by a University of Texas student at a dorm has tested positive for ricin, a potentially deadly poison, officials said.
Two students were receiving medical attention for potential exposure, although neither has exhibited symptoms, said Dr. Theresa Spalding of UT Student Health Services.
The chunky powder was found by one of them at the Moore-Hill dormitory Thursday afternoon and reported to university police. Preliminary tests came back positive for ricin Friday.
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FBI Terrorism Task Force Investigating I-55 Crash
February 24, 2006
A stunning discovery inside a car involved in a deadly crash on the Stevenson Expressway Wednesday has sparked a federal investigation.
Two people were killed in the crash involving a number of cars and semi trucks.
Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports one of the people killed was carrying several suspicious items.
CBS 2 has learned that members of the FBI Terrorist Task Force are among those involved in the investigation originally thought just to be a huge traffic nightmare.
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Bin Laden Vows Never to Be Captured Alive
February 19, 2006
Osama bin Laden promised never to be captured alive and declared the United States had resorted to the same “barbaric” tactics used by Saddam Hussein, according to an audiotape purportedly by the al-Qaida leader that was posted Monday on a militant Web site.
The tape appeared to be a complete version of one that was first broadcast Jan. 19 on Al-Jazeera, the pan-Arab satellite channel, in which bin Laden offered the United States a long-term truce but also said his al-Qaida terror network would soon launch a fresh attack on American soil.
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Fugitives caught in New Mexico with munition stash
February 18, 2006
U.S. authorities in New Mexico arrested two brothers sought by federal agents for 15 years and found enough explosives to launch an attack on par with the Oklahoma City bombing, the U.S. Marshals Service said on Saturday.
Geoffrey Rose, 62, and Gregory Rose, 49, were arrested on Friday at a rented house outside of Datil, New Mexico, a remote town 80 miles from the Arizona border.
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An Article Concerning the Aftermath of Rakan bin Williams’ Attack on the United States Presented by the Global Islamic Media Front
February 15, 2006
The Global Islamic Media Front, an al-Qaeda mouthpiece, recently distributed an article across several jihadist forums representing the last in the series concerning Rakan bin Williams, a “secret soldier of al-Qaeda ,� and his alleged coming attack. The document is structured to present the author’s views of the phases leading to bin Williams’ operation and the possible aftermath in a new order. The author, Seif Eddin al-Kinani, believes there to be a correlation between a comment from a speech made by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, calling for the implementation of “Usama’s provocation,� and the most recent audio message from Usama bin Laden. From this he argues that the attack has entered its operational phase.
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Bush Says Cooperation Thwarted 2002 Attack
February 9, 2006
He said that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks who was captured in 2003, had already begun planning the West Coast operation in October, just after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. One of Mohammed’s key planners was Hambali, the alleged operations chief of the al-Qaida related terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah. Instead of recruiting Arab hijackers, Hambali found Southeast Asian men who would be less likely to arouse suspicion and who were sent to meet with Osama bin Laden, Bush said.
Under the plot, the hijackers were to use shoe bombs to blow open the cockpit door of a commercial jetliner, take control of the plane and crash it into the Library Tower in Los Angeles, since renamed the US Bank Tower, Bush said. In his remarks, Bush inadvertantly referred to the site as “Liberty Tower,” and immediately afterward, the White House corrected him.
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Hazard alert spurs Capitol building evacuation
February 8, 2006
A Capitol office building was evacuated tonight on a hazardous substance alert after police discovered a suspicious powder in its attic, authorities said.
The Homeland Security Department was investigating the alarm, but a senior counterterror official said it did not immediately appear to be an emergency.
Hazardous material teams were headed to the building. The substance has yet been tested, Capitol Police said.
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U.S. agencies find no proof of looming al Qaeda attack�
February 2, 2006
Despite statements by senior al Qaeda leaders, U.S. intelligence agencies do not have information indicating the group is ready to conduct a major attack, U.S. counterterrorism officials said.
The audio and video statements appear to be part of a propaganda campaign by the terrorist group to bolster morale in its ranks, the officials said.
Intelligence officials said al Qaeda has been damaged since the beginning of the global war on terrorism in 2001 but remains capable of a major attack.
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