L.A. Terror Task Force Probes Mercury Spill

The Los Angeles Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating an incident involving an unidentified man who spilled a vial of mercury inside a subway station just before Christmas and then disappeared after reporting it to authorities.

A statement released by the task force Wednesday evening shows a picture of the man taken from a frame in a surveillance video. The caption reads: “Wanted for questioning in connection with unexplained activity.”

That activity can be seen in a copy of the surveillance video — obtained exclusively by CNN — which shows the Pershing Square subway station in Los Angeles late on the evening of December 22.

In it, the man crouches on the train platform and spills about five fluid ounces of mercury from a small bottle. He then goes to a Metropolitan Transit Authority call box to report what happened.

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Smokescreen Hezbollah Inside America – Saturday

Does any terrorist organization pose a greater threat to Americans than Al Qaeda?

The shocking answer to that question unfolds this Saturday, January 20th, at 8 p.p. EST, as FOX News Channel presents a breakthrough documentary, “Smokescreen: Hezbollah Inside America.”

While Americans are still largely focused on Al Qaeda and Usama bin Laden who’s presumably rotting away in some cave the terrorist group Hezbollah has been setting up shop right here in America’s heartland. And most Americans don’t know a thing about it. But we should no more about Hezbollah a lot more.

As tensions with Iran are increasing, it’s important to keep in mind that Hezbollah is largely funded by Iran and has operated as its tool in terror operations around the world. As former Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte recently reminded us: “Hezbollah’s self-confidence and hostility toward the U.S. as a supporter of Israel could cause the group to increase its contingency planning against U.S. interests.”

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Fireman Confronted Terrorist Bomber On Tube

Dramatic film of a fireman confronting one of the alleged July 21 bombers on a Tube train as other passengers fled in panic was shown to a jury yesterday.

The CCTV footage showed Ramzi Mohammed, 25, wearing a rucksack and boarding the busy Northern Line Tube at Stockwell, south London. He turned his back towards a mother with a child in a pushchair before detonating his device. The detonator exploded, although the main charge, made up of liquid hydrogen peroxide and chapati flour, failed to go off.

As other passengers tried to run, Angus Campbell, an off-duty fireman, stayed and challenged Mohammed as the train continued to Oval station, Woolwich Crown Court heard. The grainy footage showed the pair in the carriage at 12.26pm.

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Russian Forces on High Terror Alert

Russian authorities have ordered security forces on high alert after receiving information from foreign officials pointing to the threat of a terrorist attack on public transportation, officials said Tuesday.

Authorities were checking information about the potential threat, they said.

A federal anti-terrorism headquarters received information “from foreign partners … about the possibility a subversive terrorist act could be committed on ground transport and in the metro,” according to a statement confirmed by a Federal Security Service official who said he was not authorized to give his name.

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Wal-Mart Shoplifters Create Blast to Escape

Four men evading arrest for shoplifting at a neighborhood Wal-Mart triggered a small blast in the store using swimming pool chemicals in an incident that left four others hospitalized, authorities said.

Authorities said one of the men was seen by a store employee placing a toy inside his pants. As the employee went for help, the men headed to the section where the pool chemicals were stocked and mixed a chlorine-based chemical with another item, said Lt. Jason Bolton of the Henry County Police. The chemical reaction created a small explosion and filled the store with white smoke.

“They made their escape in the chaos that ensued,” Bolton said. “It’s just hard to believe they did something like this to shoplift something as insignificant as a toy.”

Four people, including an employee, were hospitalized for respiratory problems following the incident Sunday night. Three others were treated by emergency workers outside the store.

Bolton said the men turned a shoplifting misdemeanor into more serious charges, including “one of terroristic acts.”

MI5 Terror Alert Program Under Fire

Confidential details sent to MI5 by thousands of individuals and businesses have ended up with an American company specializing in supermarket mailshots.

The security service’s new email early warning system was designed to reassure the public in the wake of the July 7 bombings and the disclosure of a string of failed terror plots.

It was launched by the Home Office last week. The Government said it was part of a long-planned program to keep the public better informed about the terrorist threat.

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Live Webcams May Be Monitored By Terror Groups

Key U.S. security agencies warn that terrorists might exploit pictures of sensitive facilities such as airports that routinely broadcast to the public through Internet feeds.

A confidential assessment jointly prepared by the FBI and the U.S. Homeland Security Department says online webcams could be a valuable tool for extremists determined to attack critical targets.

The agencies urge government organizations and private-sector partners to “review the information available on their websites, and balance the public need for information with security concerns.”

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Were Chemical Rockets Fired At U.S. Base In Iraq?

A video was posted Thursday on several Islamic websites that graphically shows members of a well-known and highly organized Islamic insurgent group preparing and launching four rockets loaded with chemicals at a U.S. military base near Samarra, Iraq.

The video, which is posted on several Islamic Web sites, appears to show the attack being carried out by members of the self-proclaimed Salahaldin Al-Ayoubi Brigades, the military wing of Al Jabha Al-Islamiyya l’il-Muqawama Al-’Iraqiyya (JAMI), which has carried out numerous bombing and rocket attacks against U.S. military installations, including a mortar attack last October 10 that destroyed a major military ammunitions dump and lit up the sky on the outskirts of Baghdad.

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Possible Man With Bomb Toledo Express Airport

Update: A port authority spokesperson says it has been determined the threat call was a hoax and was not made by someone on the plane.

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Sheriff’s office are on the scene at Toledo Express Airport investigating a possible bomb threat. A man is possibly barricaded in an airplane restrooom with a bomb. The flight is American Eagle 4359. The flight would have departed for Chicago at 10 a.m. The airport is on lockdown at this time

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was aware of the situation but had no information because the Transportation Security Administration was handling it.

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You might remember that in December of last year, thirty-five passengers boarding a noontime Delta Connection flight at Toledo Express Airport were evacuated after a passenger found a bomb threat scrawled onboard.

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Explosion at US Athens Embassy

An explosion has been heard in the US embassy compound in the Greek capital, Athens, reports say.

Police have surrounded the building and cordoned off the nearby area as they begin to investigate the disturbance.

There was no immediate information about what caused the suspected blast, and no word on any damage or possible injuries.

Fire engines rushed to the scene, amid reports of a third floor blast shortly before dawn.

The Ultimate Threat – CBRN Terror Attack

A particularly sinister and deadly category of weapons may signal a new era of global terrorism. Many experts are of the opinion that it’s no longer a question of if but only a matter of time before a biological, chemical or nuclear terrorist attack occurs. However, there is considerable disagreement regarding the effectiveness of these attacks, as measured by physical destruction and human casualties.

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U.S. Warns About Canadian Spy Coins

Money talks, but can it also follow your movements?

In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the Defense Department cautioned its American contractors over what it described as a new espionage threat: Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside.

The government said the mysterious coins were found planted on U.S. contractors with classified security clearances on at least three separate occasions between October 2005 and January 2006 as the contractors traveled through Canada.
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Target of U.S. Air Strike Wanted by FBI

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the main target of the U.S. military action Monday in Somalia, is master of disguises who speaks several languages and likes to wear baseball caps.

A FBI most wanted poster of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed who has been indicted by a U.S. Feberal court for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy attacks in Kenya and neighboring Tanzania, displayed on the FBI’s website Friday, March 21, 2003. The target of U.S. air strikes in Somalia is one of the FBI’s most wanted terrorists and the suspected mastermind of two major terrorist attacks in East Africa.Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a slight, youthful man born in Comoros, has a US$5 million price on his head for allegedly planning the 1998 attacks on the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which killed 225 people.

One of the FBI’s most wanted, he has a $5 million price on his head for allegedly planning the 1998 attacks on the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which killed 225 people.

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U.S. Launches Airstrike in Somalia

A U.S. airstrike hit targets in southern Somalia where Islamic militants were believed to be sheltering suspects in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies, Somali officials and witnesses said Tuesday. Many people were reported killed.

Monday’s attack was the first overt military action by the U.S. in Somalia since it led a U.N. force in the 1990s that intervened in Somalia in an effort to fight famine. The mission led to clashes between U.N. forces and Somali warlords, including the “Black Hawk Down” battle that left 18 U.S. servicemen dead.

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