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US Fears Possible Al Qaeda Attack Next Year
Wednesday, 2 Jul, 2008 – 1:46 | No Comment
US Fears Possible Al Qaeda Attack Next Year

The White House warned on Monday that Al Qaeda could launch a major attack on the United States in 2009, endorsing a similar warning by an independent senator Joe Lieberman.
The warnings coincide with media reports …

Woman Arrested Smuggling C-4 Explosives Inside Coconuts - Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 2 Jul, 2008 – 1:14 | No Comment

A woman was arrested in Vavuniya yesterday (June 1) at a Police roadblock, while clandestinely transporting C-4 high explosives concealed in coconut nuts at around 5.15p.m.
According to the Vavuniya Police, the woman had been …

Couple Admits To Sending Explosives, Threatening To Blow Up Charlotte-Douglas International Airport
Wednesday, 2 Jul, 2008 – 1:05 | No Comment

A couple has been convicted of sending explosive devices throughout the Carolinas and threatening to blow up Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.
Christopher Gilberto and his wife Cruz De Jesus Gilberto pleaded guilty in federal prison and are …

Pentagon Official Tells ABC News Israel May Attack Iran
Wednesday, 2 Jul, 2008 – 1:01 | No Comment
Pentagon Official Tells ABC News Israel May Attack Iran

Israel is increasingly likely to attack Iranian nuclear facilities this year, a U.S. Defense Department official told ABC News.
Iran’s government dismissed as propaganda the ABC report on the unidentified Pentagon official’s comments. Israeli government officials …

Police Find Arsenal - Suspect Said To Be Preparing To Engage In Combat With Terrorists
Wednesday, 2 Jul, 2008 – 0:51 | No Comment

Scores of bullets, firearms and pipe-bomb-making material were confiscated today from a home where local police first responded to a domestic dispute.
The man living at the house in the 5200 block of Graening Street NE, …

Joint Terrorism Task Force Arrests Man For Possession of Illegal Toxin
Wednesday, 2 Jul, 2008 – 0:44 | No Comment
Joint Terrorism Task Force Arrests Man For Possession of Illegal Toxin

A Lake in the Hills man arrested with puffer fish toxin in Algonquin on Monday may have been looking for a hitman.
Edward F. Bachner IV was questioned by the FBI in 2006 about e-mail messages …

Two Arrested For Carrying Bullets At Airport - India
Wednesday, 2 Jul, 2008 – 0:32 | No Comment

Two men were detained at Indira Gandhi International Airport for carrying live cartridges on Tuesday morning. One of them was identified was Shiv Vardhan Singh, who is a nephew of an Uttar Pradesh minister.
Singh was …