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New Details Released On Terrorism Training In Downtown Denver
Sunday, 22 Jun, 2008 – 0:11 | No Comment

9Wants to Know is learning more about helicopter terrorism training that’s had many downtown residents worried earlier this week.
Park Avenue Uptown, LLC now owns the old Children’s Hospital building and has given the U.S. Special …

Homeland Security Says 7,000 Chemical Sites At High Risk of Terrorist Attack
Friday, 20 Jun, 2008 – 19:18 | One Comment
Homeland Security Says 7,000 Chemical Sites At High Risk of Terrorist Attack

More than 7,000 out of 32,000 facilities storing chemicals across the U.S. are at serious risk of a terrorist attack and need to review the vulnerabilities of their security.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released …

Boulder Colorado - Plutonium Found In Sink After Accident, City Says Water Safe
Friday, 20 Jun, 2008 – 1:21 | No Comment

The city of Boulder said Wednesday there is no known risk to the public from plutionium accidentally released into the wastewater system at the National Institutes of Standards and Technology last week.
Traces of plutonium spilled …

Israel Military Exercise May Be Rehearsal for Attack On Iran Nuclear Facility
Friday, 20 Jun, 2008 – 1:12 | No Comment
Israel Military Exercise May Be Rehearsal for Attack On Iran Nuclear Facility

Israel carried out a major military exercise earlier this month that American officials say appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Several American officials said the Israeli exercise appeared …

Attorney for Fort Dix Defendant Calls “al-Qaeda” Tag Inflammatory and Unnecessary
Friday, 20 Jun, 2008 – 1:04 | No Comment

The attorney for one of the men accused of plotting an armed attack on Fort Dix argued in motions filed in federal court today that references to al-Qaeda in the indictment are unnecessary and inflammatory …

Hezbollah Preparing Terror Attack Against Israel?
Friday, 20 Jun, 2008 – 0:59 | No Comment
Hezbollah Preparing Terror Attack Against Israel?

Intelligence agencies in the United States and Canada are warning of mounting signs that Hezbollah, backed by Iran, is poised to mount a terror attack against “Jewish targets” somewhere outside the Middle East.
Intelligence officials tell …

Man Arrested After Trying To Start Fire on Plane
Friday, 20 Jun, 2008 – 0:56 | No Comment

There was no apparent connection to terrorism, officials said.
Zoltan Lensky, 25, a Slovakian citizen, was on Delta Flight 40 from Atlanta, Georgia, to Vienna Wednesday night when flight attendants refused his request for more liquor.
According …

Ex-Indonesian Spy Chief Held In Midair Poisoning Case
Friday, 20 Jun, 2008 – 0:53 | No Comment

Indonesian police arrested a former top official in the intelligence agency Thursday on suspicion of involvement in the midair poisoning death of a top human rights activist in 2004.
The announcement is a major break in …

Railcar Explodes In Maumee
Friday, 20 Jun, 2008 – 0:49 | No Comment

An explosion Thursday morning injured one worker at The Andersons grain elevator complex off of Illinois Avenue in Maumee.
An employee was doing repair work on the top of a railcar in the company’s rail shop …

Postal Service Warns Maine Residents of Liquid Explosives In Mailboxes
Friday, 20 Jun, 2008 – 0:42 | No Comment
Postal Service Warns Maine Residents of Liquid Explosives In Mailboxes

The United States Postal Service is warning residents of Maine about liquid explosives placed in curbside mailboxes.
Residents received a postcard informing them that postal carriers do not place soda bottles or other plastic containers containing …