Terror Watch Uses Locals To Spot Suspicious Activity – 181 Trained In Colorado
June 30, 2008 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
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Several police, firefighters, paramedics and even utility workers are being trained and dispatched as “Terrorism Liaison Officers” in Colorado and a few other states to hunt for “suspicious activity”. If suspicious activity is observed, under a new program they will be reporting these activities and the information will be collected in secret government databases.
Lieberman Believes U.S. May Be Attacked In 2009
June 30, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
In describing the reasons he believes the Republicans’ presumptive nominee for president would be better prepared than the Democrats’ to lead the nation next January, Sen. Joe Lieberman said that history shows the United States would likely face a terrorist attack in 2009. Read more
KC Man Recovering After Chemical Assault
June 30, 2008 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
A Kansas City man is recovering after someone attacked him with chemicals in a Union Station parking lot.
Jeff Meuschke said he was driving out of the lot when he noticed an oily substance on his steering wheel. Moments later, his hands, face and eyes started stinging.
A surveillance camera in the parking lot recorded what happened. While Meuschke was at the Union Station post office, a man got out of a black pickup truck and poured something on his Meuschke’s car’s dashboard. Read more
Eighth Person Admits Role Commercial Truck License Scam
June 28, 2008 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
The former superintendent of a trucking school in West Plains pleaded guilty on Thursday for his role in a scheme to help immigrants get unearned commercial drivers licenses. Dean Proffitt ran the South Central Career Center, which closed after a federal investigation found citizens of Bosnia and Somalia were given passing grades without completing their driving exams. Proffitt is the eighth person to plead guilty in the case. Read more
Britain Worried Terrorists Might Launch Surprise Attack Using Private Jets
June 28, 2008 by national
Filed under World Report
As for the origins of the cargo, there was dispute even among the best-informed rumour-mongers of Waziristan.
Some said the uranium had come from the Iranian nuclear plant at Natanz. Others believed it was from North Korea, or even dissident elements in the Russian Federation.
Whatever the source, though, the outcome was the same. Read more
Top Immigration Attorney Charged With Taking Bribes
June 27, 2008 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
A top federal immigration attorney and his wife were arrested Thursday on suspicion of accepting bribes from immigrants seeking to remain in the United States, according to the FBI.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Chief Counsel Constantine Peter Kallas, 38, and his wife, Maria Kallas, 39, both of Alta Loma, were arrested by FBI agents at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland after they allegedly accepted a $20,000 bribe from an immigrant seeking documents to stay in the country, said U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Thom Mrozek. Read more
Iraq – Police Say al-Qaeda Has Infiltrated Force
June 27, 2008 by national
Filed under World Report
Police in the Iraqi city of Falluja have said that al-Qaeda members have infiltrated the country’s security forces.
“Now we have the proof that al-Qaeda terrorists have managed to infiltrate the Iraqi security forces,” said the head of police in Falluja, Faysal al-Zubei in an interview with the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper. Read more
Iran Could Have Nuclear Weapon In 6 Months – IAEA Chief
June 26, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency Mohamed ElBaradei, said Iran could create a nuclear weapon in six months. Yes, this is the same guy that a couple of months ago said we have a few years before Iran would have that capability.
ElBaradei spoke on Al-Arabiya television on June 20, discussing Iran’s nuclear program, and the potential for the Middle Eastern country to produce a nuclear weapon. Read more
JFK Airport Terror Suspects Extradited
June 26, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
Three men accused of plotting to blow up New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport pleaded not guilty on Wednesday after they were extradited to the United States from Trinidad.
Trinidadian Kareem Ibrahim, 62, and Guyanese citizens Abdul Kadir, 59, and Abdel Nur, 57, were flown by private jet overnight to Miami International Airport en route to JFK, the same airport they are accused of plotting to bomb. Read more
Saudi Arabia Disrupts Planned Terror Attacks on Oil Facilities – Arrests Hundreds
June 26, 2008 by national
Filed under World Report
During the last six months, Saudi security forces have arrested 701 militants for allegedly plotting to carry out terrorist attacks on oil facilities and other vital installations across the Kingdom, the Interior Ministry announced yesterday.
“Some of the arrested suspects were planning to stage terrorist attacks on oil fields and installations,” Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman for the ministry told Arab News. Read more
Were Mexican Army Members Involved In Phoenix Home Invasion and Murder ?
June 25, 2008 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
Earlier today on KFYI’s The J.D. Hayworth show, Phoenix Law Enforcement Association President Mark Spencer was the guest and said that men involved in a Phoenix home invasion and murder on Monday may be current or former Mexican Army members that were hired by drug cartels to perform home invasions and assassinations. Read more
Israel Ready To Strike Iran Nuclear Facility If U.S. Won’t
June 25, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen leaves Tuesday night on an overseas trip that will take him to Israel. The trip has been scheduled for some time but U.S. officials say it comes just as the Israelis are mounting a full court press to get the Bush administration to strike Iran’s nuclear complex.
Israel doesn’t want to wait for a new administration. Read more
Government Offices Threatened With 1080 Poison – New Zealand
June 25, 2008 by national
Filed under World Report
Three letters sent to Government buildings have claimed they contain the poison 1080 in the last 24 hours.
The Reserve Bank, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Parliament Buildings have been targeted.
Detective senior sergeant Paul Borrell said he believed the three letters were linked because in all three letters the sender had said the letters contained the poison used in pest control.
Read more
FBI Arrests Woman For Alleged Aircraft Bomb Threat – Denver
June 24, 2008 by national
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A Denver woman was arrested Tuesday morning, accused of phoning in a bomb threat to Southwest Airlines several months ago.
Terrice Gay Hutchinson, 53, made her initial appearance Tuesday, where she was advised of the charges pending against her. Read more
